Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-14 Thread CARLINI ANTONIO
> > On 14 March 2016 at 11:50 Adrian Graham wrote: > Hi Dave, > > The RSX ones are the orange ones in the picture, I count 11 RSTS and the > rest are VMS5. > The bottom row (and maybe the one above) look like they might not be VMS, but I can't make out the titles. Antonio

RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-14 Thread Dave Wade
and Off-Topic Posts' > > Subject: RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, > Newmarket UK > > The picture is just a bit too fuzzy for me to work out how many shelf-feet the > RSTS and RSX manuals take up. > > Regards > > Rob > > >

RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-14 Thread Robert Jarratt
Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, > Newmarket UK > > On 14 March 2016 at 11:40, Dave Wade wrote: > > > Adrian, > > What is the split? So how many VMS, how many RSX? > > > > Hi D

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-14 Thread John H. Reinhardt
On 3/14/2016 10:26 AM, Paul Koning wrote: On Mar 14, 2016, at 6:12 AM, Adrian Graham wrote: Morning folks, Here's a pic of the bookshelves: http://f0p.co.uk/greyWall.jpg Apologies if it's landscape but it looks ok FastStone image viewer and firefox off my webserver. VMS manuals are V5.0,

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-14 Thread Paul Koning
> On Mar 14, 2016, at 6:12 AM, Adrian Graham > wrote: > > Morning folks, > > Here's a pic of the bookshelves: http://f0p.co.uk/greyWall.jpg > > Apologies if it's landscape but it looks ok FastStone image viewer and > firefox off my webserver. > > VMS manuals are V5.0, RSTS is V10 (1990) ...

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-14 Thread Adrian Graham
On 14 March 2016 at 11:40, Dave Wade wrote: > Adrian, > What is the split? So how many VMS, how many RSX? > Hi Dave, The RSX ones are the orange ones in the picture, I count 11 RSTS and the rest are VMS5. -- adrian/witchy Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest home computer collection?

RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-14 Thread Dave Wade
t; > VMS manuals are V5.0, RSTS is V10 (1990) and there's 3 RSX-11M V4 as well as > RSX DECNET. > > > Cheers > > Adrian > > -- Forwarded message ------ > From: Adrian Graham > Date: 11 March 2016 at 17:39 > Subject: Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manual

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-12 Thread Jerome H. Fine
>Adrian Graham wrote: On 11/03/2016 17:54, "Paul Koning" wrote: They're in a sales office and I forgot about them when you visited otherwise you could've taken them. I'm guessing at the versions but it'll probably be VMS 5.5 and RSTS4 but I can check on Monday. RSTS V4 (from 1973) is

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-12 Thread Adrian Graham
On 11/03/2016 17:54, "Paul Koning" wrote: >> They're in a sales office and I forgot about them when you visited otherwise >> you could've taken them. I'm guessing at the versions but it'll probably be >> VMS 5.5 and RSTS4 but I can check on Monday. > > RSTS V4 (from 1973) is from the white binde

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Antonio Carlini
On 11/03/16 23:07, Dave Wade wrote: I have a new scanner and am happy to do some scanning as well. Perhaps we could split the work up... Non-destructively scanning DECdirect catalogues or SOCs would be very time-consuming, although if you have access to one of those copiers that is intended

RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Dave Wade
-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > > Subject: RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, > Newmarket UK > > If you are happy to scan them (non-destructively) then that would be great! > If it is not too many shelf-feet then I would be interested in keeping at > l

RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Robert Jarratt
2016 20:42 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, > Newmarket UK > > If we can arrange for the manuals to be saved I am happy to scan them in and > make them available to bitsavers. Af

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Paul Koning
> On Mar 11, 2016, at 4:31 PM, John H. Reinhardt > wrote: > > > On 3/11/2016 4:05 PM, Paul Koning wrote: >> >>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 3:50 PM, John H. Reinhardt >>> wrote: >>> >>> SOC is the DEC "Systems and Options Catalog" Great stuff for research on >>> when parts were available, what o

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Paul Koning
> On Mar 11, 2016, at 3:50 PM, John H. Reinhardt > wrote: > > SOC is the DEC "Systems and Options Catalog" Great stuff for research on > when parts were available, what options were considered supported for systems > and all around good times. They were usually thick (200-300 pages at least

RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Mark Wickens
of VMS manuals are there? > > Dave > G4UGM > > > > A > > > > > > > > > >> -Original Message----- > > >> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of > > >> Christian Gauger-Cosgrove > > >&

RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Dave G4UGM
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adrian > Graham > Sent: 11 March 2016 17:40 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, > Newma

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Antonio Carlini
On 11/03/16 17:54, Paul Koning wrote: RSTS V4 (from 1973) is from the white binder era. Then came blue, then gray, then "chinese red" if I remember the order correctly. Maybe the last two are swapped. So gray would suggest a fairly late version, perhaps V8 or so. Still definitely interesting an

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Paul Koning
> On Mar 11, 2016, at 1:10 PM, Robert Jarratt > wrote: > > I know nothing about RSTS and RSX, how many shelf-feet are we talking? A > handful of DECdirect would be nice too. Not sure what SOC refers to though? RSTS V4 is 2 or 3 manuals (two binders); eventually it grew to be maybe 10 or so.

RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Robert Jarratt
1 March 2016 17:40 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, > Newmarket UK > > > > > On 11/03/2016 16:50, "Dave Wade" wrote: > > > How did I miss this! I coul

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Paul Koning
> On Mar 11, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Adrian Graham > wrote: > > > > > On 11/03/2016 16:50, "Dave Wade" wrote: > >> How did I miss this! I could do with some older VMS manuals! Which version of >> VMS? >> >> Dave > > They're in a sales office and I forgot about them when you visited otherwise

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Adrian Graham
l Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts >> >> Subject: Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, >> Newmarket UK >> >> On 11 March 2016 at 06:46, Adrian Graham >> wrote: >>> We're refitting the last unrefitted office here and there&

RE: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Dave Wade
Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, > Newmarket UK > > On 11 March 2016 at 06:46, Adrian Graham > wrote: > > We're refitting the last unrefitted office here and there's a full > > bookcase of grey heading

Re: VMS/RSTS/RSX manuals available, SOC, DECdirect books, Newmarket UK

2016-03-11 Thread Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
On 11 March 2016 at 06:46, Adrian Graham wrote: > We're refitting the last unrefitted office here and there's a full bookcase > of grey heading for the skip unless anyone wants to take them away? Must > admit in the 12 years I've worked here I didn't realise there was a shelf > of RSTS manuals! >