> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 19:49:36 -0400 > From: Paul Koning&lt;paulkoning(a)comcast.net&gt; > Subject: [cctalk] APL-11 sources > To:"cctalk@classiccmp.org" &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; > Message-ID:<7743C081-B2D1-4788-9E52-AB946F9A1D30@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 20:08:37 -0400 > From: Bill Gunshannon&lt;bill.gunshannon(a)hotmail.com&gt; > Subject: [cctalk] Re: APL-11 sources > To:cctalk@classiccmp.org > Message-ID:<SJ0PR11MB5815FB606E1B75ACD17CB39DED892@SJ0PR11MB5815.nam > prd11.prod.outlook.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 20:23:19 -0400 > From: Paul Koning&lt;paulkoning(a)comcast.net&gt; > Subject: [cctalk] Re: APL-11 sources > To:"cctalk@classiccmp.org" &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; > Cc: Bill Gunshannon&lt;bill.gunshannon(a)hotmail.com&gt; > Message-ID:<667546B6-EFFE-4C1F-B031-33E0F5CFABEC@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > >> On Oct 1, 2026, at 8:08 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk&lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; 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. lee.gleason(a)gmail.com