24 Dec
2005
24 Dec
'05
2:27 a.m.
At 7:59 PM -0500 12/23/05, Tim Shoppa wrote:
As far as the PDP-10 software archives go (
http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/ )
the collection grew by leaps and bounds in the late 90's and 2000/2001 but
since then there have only been a very few tapes added. It should be
noted that the RCS/RI tapes formed the initial part of the collection
and they were very cooperative in getting this stuff to me and onto the
net (thanks to all of them and particularly Megan).
I could have sworn it was someone at RCS/RI, that said a couple years
ago that they had stuff that wasn't in your your archive.
The CHM's software curator posts here, and I'm
occasionally in contact
with others who volunteer at the CHM and elsewhere, but I've made no progress
ever in getting them to even get me a list or partial inventory of what
tapes/software are in their collections. I get the impression that they've
been so completely overwhelmed by the task that they don't know where
to start, but I'm sure I'm oversimplifying things.
It would definitely be nice to know what is there, am I remembering
correctly that DEC/Compaq shipped them what remained of the DEC
archives?
I had hoped that my PDP-10 archives would spur others
to "empty the closet"
and get all the stuff that is free redistributable or covered by the
36-bit hobbyist license out and in the open, and it had some effect
but not as wide as I wanted.
Johnny thinks that there are tapes besides what he sent you, as we
were discussing DECnet for TOPS-20, and he believes they should have
a copy.
BTW, have you found out if Paul Allen's systems include tapes you don't have?
Zane
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