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# What It Is
This repository is the current [official](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/pidp-8/VXt914aAttg/E6ECG0KLCAAJ) PiDP-8/I software development nexus. Here we continue development of the software from the last version published on the [project site](http://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-8-details).
You may be asking how this software differs from that prior release. For the brief user-centric list of the changes between the two versions, see [the `ChangeLog`](/doc/trunk/ChangeLog.md). For the ugly low-level details, see [the timeline](/timeline).
# Getting Started as an End-User
The simple way to download the software hosted here is to download [a Zip archive](/zip/pidp8i-v2016.11.28.zip?c=v20161128) or [a tarball](/tarball/pidp8i-v2016.11.28.tar.gz?c=v20161128) of the latest release version, cut on 2016.11.28.
See [the `README.md` file](/doc/trunk/README.md) for more information.
# Getting Started as a Prospective Developer
If you wish to track the current trunk or otherwise participate in the development of this software, it's fairly simple to get started:
1. Install Fossil. You can use [the official binaries](http://fossil-scm.org/index.html/uv/download.html) or install it from your OS's package repository.
2. In a Terminal window:
$ mkdir ~/museum # because where else do you store fossils?
$ fossil clone http://tangentsoft.com/pidp8i ~/museum/pidp8i.fossil
$ mkdir pidp8i
$ cd pidp8i
$ fossil open ~/museum/pidp8i.fossil
This gets you a checkout of the current trunk, which you can later update via [commands such as `fossil update`](http://fossil-scm.org/index.html/help).
If you want something other than the tip-of-trunk, here are some useful alternatives to the final command above:
$ fossil open ~/museum/pidp8i.fossil v20151215 # 2015.12.15 upstream version
$ fossil open ~/museum/pidp8i.fossil 3a85f08639 # Ian Schofield's improved display
You can get a list of checkin IDs like the one used in the second command from [the project timeline](/timeline).
3. Read the [Fossil Quick Start Guide](http://fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/quickstart.wiki). If you want to know more about Fossil, read [the Schimpf book](http://www.fossil-scm.org/schimpf-book/home) and [join the mailing list](http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users). (Low volume.)
# Getting Developer Access to This Repository
The administrator of this repository is Warren Young, whose email you can find on the [official PiDP-8/I project mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pidp-8). Developer access is available to anyone who makes a reasonable request.
# Learning More
If you want anything other than to download the software or to help with its development, you want to use the resources linked from [the main PiDP-8/I project page](http://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-8).
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