George Gwilt's Programs

[NormanDunbar]

I wanted to check if I had the latest copies of George's assemblers GWASL and GWASS and discovered that http://gwiltprogs.info is no longer present, other than a blank landing page.

It would be a huge shame if George's programs vanished from the world, in my opinion, so I have set them up on the SinclairQL's github at https://github.com/SinclairQL/GeorgeGwilt.

I have, from my own downloads folder, uploaded the following:

• GWASS Program and source.
• GWASL Program and source, various versions.
• EASYPEASY Program and source, various versions.
• SETW Program and source, various versions.
• Also, George's various development libraries needed to compile the other stuff.

I've put a README.md file in each separate application folder to explain, as best as I've been able to find out, what each of the files are and which versions of the application they apply to.

I don't have the sources or binaries for Turbo, so if you have those, can you either add a new folder and upload them, or let me have them and I'll do the needful. Thanks. I suspect that they are on Dilwyn's fine web site.

Likewise, George's TurboPE stuff. Which I never got around to using.


Cheers,
Norm.

[tofro]

Hi Norman,

good idea to make the files public available again. Thanks!

I can't access the Github page without forking (and I think that would defeat the purpose), so sent you an e-mail with a link to all the files I downloaded like a year ago when George's pages were still up.

Thanks,
Tobias

[NormanDunbar]

OK, thanks. I'll deal with what you sent, via the link.

XorA has all of George's floppies, machines, magazines and everything else, so they are saved for posterity. Phew!

Cheers,
Norm.

[NormanDunbar]

I have now completed the upload of a huge number of files --- ok, 33 --- which Tofro sent me yesterday. You can find everything at https://github.com/SinclairQL/GeorgeGwilt.

I've attempted to document what is in each directory, but I've only got George's minimal documentation to go on myself.


Cheers,
Norm.

[martyn_hill]

Thank you Norman and all involved in preserving George's QL legacy!

George will be sorely missed and it's a good thing that we can continue to leverage and build on his immense efforts over the years!

[jobdone]

I too have a copy of gwiltpprogs.info from about dec 2023

[NormanDunbar]

I too have a copy of gwiltpprogs.info from about dec 2023

Hi @jobdone,

thanks. I think I have everything. However, if not, @XorA has been to Edinburgh and collected everything of George's before his son got rid of it all. Once it has been identified and catalogued etc, I'm sure anything missing and new (or older) versions will be made available and saved to the repo.

If you wish to, please compare what's in the repo currently with your archive and if there are different versions that you have that are not in the repo, let me know. Thanks.

Cheers,
Norm.

[tofro]

To everyone who had the pleasure to know George:

Just came across this obituary on George Gwilt. May he rest in peace.

[Peter]

Just came across this obituary on George Gwilt. May he rest in peace.

Many thanks Tobias. I did know George privately, but was not aware of all his achievements. A great QL personality of who I only have the best memories.

[NormanDunbar]

Thanks Tobias. I didn't know George personally, only through his correcting my Assembler articles in QL Today, however I was certainly not aware of all his long list of achievements.

Cheers,
Norm.