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protoHack

Restoration of Jay Fenlason's early 1981-82 Hack source tree so it builds and runs on modern Linux, predating the known distributed releases.

Source port Not stated wip
Image: the project's own README · source
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Facts

Original
Hack (1981-82 pre-release source)
Platform
UNIX
Method
Source port
Provenance
Not stated what this means
Status
wip
Licence
none
Team
Critlist
Started
2026-02
Runs on
Linux
Needs the original
No

How to get it legally

Download it from the official repository. No original files are needed.

This project was rebuilt by Critlist. Facts last checked 2026-10-17. Suggest a correction

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