On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Richard Loken <rllo...@telus.net> wrote:
> So last week there was some conversation about lisp compilers and an > expressed interest in old VAX lisp comilers. Co-incidently, I was rooting > through the morgue at work on semi legitimate business and found > VAXlisp 2.2 copyright 1987. Sadly, it is on a TK50 and is the Ultrix > version. > Ultrix? Is there a label that identifies the target platform? I have a DECstation 5000/200 running Ultrix, as well as a TK50 that works with it. > > Since it sparked my interest, I went through the rest of the pile but > no VMS lisp compiler was unearthed. I found o-l-d VAX/VMS ADA, C, basic, > pascal, fortran compilers but no lisp compilers and all on moldering > TK50s lying in wait for any hapless tape drive that may accept them. > > Oh yes, this is all VMS 5.5-1 stuff, there seems to be an entire distro > there plus a lot of layered products. These are reduntant, my employer's > last VAX is now sleeping in my basement. That TK50 drive works on my VAX 4000/300 as well.... -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."