10 Nov
2016
10 Nov
'16
7:31 p.m.
On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Richard Loken <rlloken at telus.net> wrote:
So last week there was some conversation about lisp
compilers and an
expressed interest in old VAX lisp comilers. Co-incidently, I was rooting
through the morgue at work on semi legitimate business and found
VAXlisp 2.2 copyright 1987. Sadly, it is on a TK50 and is the Ultrix
version.
Ultrix? Is there a label that identifies the target platform? I have a
DECstation 5000/200 running Ultrix, as well as a TK50 that works with it.
Since it sparked my interest, I went through the rest of the pile but
no VMS lisp compiler was unearthed. I found o-l-d VAX/VMS ADA, C, basic,
pascal, fortran compilers but no lisp compilers and all on moldering
TK50s lying in wait for any hapless tape drive that may accept them.
Oh yes, this is all VMS 5.5-1 stuff, there seems to be an entire distro
there plus a lot of layered products. These are reduntant, my employer's
last VAX is now sleeping in my basement.
That TK50 drive works on my VAX 4000/300 as well....
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The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical
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