> On Oct 1, 2026, at 8:08 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
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> On 10/1/2026 7:49 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
>> I was just wandering through some old disk images and spotted something I
>> missed for years: a directory holding what looks like a set of source files
>> and build scripts for APL-11.
>> I have no idea where this came from or why I have it; while I have used APL
>> I have not used it on a PDP-11, nor ever installed it.
>> Is this something others already have that is a known to be good version, or
>> should I go dig through this and verify it, then archive it properly?
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> I would imagine it is the one distributed by DECUS. I have a copy here
> somewhere but I, too, never got around to getting it working. And, yes,
> I know and have used APL on a number of different machines.
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Hard to say. The source files don't have copyright headers on them at all, but
there is an "apl11s.doc" file with a DEC copyright; it seems to be a "support"
manual that discusses the internals.
paul
