Nukefix: Simulating your nuclear weapons program • Hacker News Board

Re: Nukefix: Simulating your nuclear weapons program

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Post by itishappy » Tue, May 07, 2024, 1:21 PM UTC

Hock88sdx wrote: post #37

getwiththeprog wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Safer nukes are the most dangerous thing. It only works if everybody is MAD.

Unfortunately we enter into new era where MAD is no longer applicable to Russia. Their sarmat has 100% effective target couple woth superb AD while current ICBMs operations tested in America and UK are absymal with equivalent ineffective THAAD and Patriots. It is interesting to see how this asymetrical MAD will play out in coming years.

Are you suggesting Russia might avoid destruction in a war between modern nuclear superpowers? That seems... difficult to believe.

Re: Nukefix: Simulating your nuclear weapons program

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Post by skissane » Tue, May 07, 2024, 7:12 PM UTC

pimlottc wrote: post #8

The screenshots are very confusing to me... it appears to be a Windows (95?) application, with variable width fonts, graphs, mouse support [0], but then certain elements, like the menu [1], look like a class DOS apps, with fixed width fonts and ANSI line drawing characters. Some screens, like data tables [2], look like they're completely DOS-based, while others have a weird combination of DOS and Windows elements [3]…

From the article:

> Nukefix runs on IBM compatible computers. It cannot be run on a Macintosh (sorry). In Windows 3.1 or earlier (but not in Windows95/98), after downloading, always exit to DOS before running Nukefix. The setup program will run either under DOS or Windows95/98/2000. Nukefix is designed to run under Windows95/98/2000 or DOS.

So yes, an old DOS/Windows program. The article also says:

> There is no charge for Nukefix, if you download it. If you wish to purchase the identical version on a floppy disk for $10 (shipping included), you may do so.

and

> With a 56k modem downloading, Nukefix, version 2.3, typically takes about four minutes, but may, depending upon Internet speeds, take longer (1,274 k bytes).

and finally:

> Updated: October 14, 2001

This software is really old. I suppose nuclear weapons haven’t changed much in 20-30 years. OTOH, it probably won’t run natively on recent platforms

Re: Nukefix: Simulating your nuclear weapons program

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Post by skissane » Tue, May 07, 2024, 7:14 PM UTC

krylon wrote: post #22

edm0nd wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can send $10 for a floppy disk version! http://www.nukefix.org/purchase.html

None of my computers have floppy drives. :blushing-emoji:

I have a USB floppy drive. 20 years ago, I saved it from being thrown out at work, and now I still have it. Well, I assume it works, haven’t actually used it in long time

Re: Nukefix: Simulating your nuclear weapons program

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Post by skissane » Tue, May 07, 2024, 7:33 PM UTC

netrap wrote: post #14

Aloha wrote: post #5

This looks pretty neat to play around with, too bad the download link appears dead.

The FTP works but it won't allow anonymous logins.

According to ftp://retronn.de/archiv/old_cds/pcwelt_08_2000/pcw_mat/inhalt/PCW99.PDF page 2, this software was included on a 1999 German CD-ROM "Ausgabe 2/99" (I think that's the CD-ROM that came with the February 1999 issue of the German PC-WELT magazine), at the path "\sharewar\sw\intsich\nukefix.exe". Unfortunately I can't find an ISO of that specific CD-ROM anywhere online, but maybe someone out there has it.