"Mark Wilkinson" <mark@wiggis.com> writes:

I think it best to program it in raw assembler and store the data on a 1.44 floppy in EBCDIC.

I prefer to put the data there by inductions from an unshielded spark plug. How about you? [...]

whacked on a linux box in say... a couple of hours. :-O Am I missing something here? Is the objective a programming exercise or to get a library system running?

I'm quite happy to use one of the other systems, but it's not my decision. The debate about tools etc is generally interesting to people working or wanting to work with the web, I think. -- MJR