> From: Paul Koning >> When did V7 come out, BTW?
> The files on the SYSGEN tape have a timestamp of 26-Sep-79, so "Fall > 1979" sounds right. Ow. I was looking for something a lot earlier than that. I used RSTS-11 in the '72-'74 timeframe, so it's a version from that era I'd like to have. Any idea what version that would be - and if it's still extant? > I've used the V4A kit (DECtapes) to build that ... (There's a V4A > sysgen manual on Bitsavers too ...) When was that one? >> It would be really nice to have sources - are they gone forever? > Some still exist. I know someone who has a RSTS source kit, not sure > which version. I have pieces of source. OK, better than nothing. > A complication with all of this is the question of licensing. There's a > hobbyist license for RSTS to build and run it, but whether that carries > over to making sources available is an interesting question. I'm not > sure who to ask these days, either. Hmm. I guess technically HP owns it now? Noel