1 Oct
2026
1 Oct
'26
4:49 p.m.
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
1 Oct
1 Oct
5:08 p.m.
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
5:23 p.m.
On Oct 1, 2026, at 8:08 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 10/1/2026 7:49 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
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
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.
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