Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 19:49:36 -0400
From: Paul Koning<[email protected]>
Subject: [cctalk] APL-11 sources
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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?
paul
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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 20:08:37 -0400
From: Bill Gunshannon<[email protected]>
Subject: [cctalk] Re: APL-11 sources
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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?
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.
bill
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 20:23:19 -0400
From: Paul Koning<[email protected]>
Subject: [cctalk] Re: APL-11 sources
To:"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: Bill Gunshannon<[email protected]>
Message-ID:<[email protected]>
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On Oct 1, 2026, at 8:08 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk<[email protected]>
wrote:
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?
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.
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
Mark Matlock and I did some work to resurrect the APL-11 that was
donated to DECUS, for use on later versions of RSX11M+. See details at
https://rsx11.blogspot.com/2021/02/decus-apl-11-fixes-for-id-space-and.html
Johnny Billquist did more work on it later, and distributes it by
his RPM facility for RSX. -- Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR Control-G
Consultants. [email protected]
