24 Feb
2007
24 Feb
'07
1:53 p.m.
Warren Wolfe wrote:
Now, it might well be possible to set up a DVD
(written on a
home-type machine) that had *ALL* the known software of a class, or
several classes, of machinery on it... Such as a CP/M DVD, a VMS DVD,
You definitely have no chance of fitting all OpenVMS software on a
single
DVD. The software library, docs and OS for VAX ran to about 15CDs.
That's
before you take into account that they were issued quarterly (OK, so
lots
of dupes over a year) and went back to about 1992 or so (and yes there
weren't many different VMS/VAX CDs issued in 1992).
The last time I looked at the Amiga stuff under TOSEC there was nearly
30GB of it.
CP/M you probably have a chance at. Your odds get even better with the
ZX Spectrum.
But basically, there's a great deal more stuff out there than you might
at firs think, even though you might not be too bothered about much of
it at all.
Antonio