Just TSX+ by itself isn't particularly useful. You need to install RT-11, and then use that to load TSX+ and configure it to your system. To do useful stuff with TSX+ (like, oh, copy files, assemble programs, etc.) you still need the RT-11 utilities. Tim.

Lyle wrote... I did the same thing, but a few years prior, probably around 1999. Harry was great to talk to on the phone, and very helpful. He charged me a nominal fee for him to runoff the full original documentation (I think it actually WAS in runoff format). So, I have a recent and complete (and "factory") set of docs. I mentioned about "getting legal", because the copy of TSX+ that I have came from a licensed site that was no longer running it (they gave me their original disks {both RX50 and RX02 formats}). He said the cost to transfer the license from my High School to me would be about $200 or somesuch. While he did not come out and say it directly, he left me with the very distinct impression that he really didn't care if I used it (without license transfer) for home hobbyist use. HOWEVER, do not take his words to me as a grant to you. What I'm driving at is that it is worthwhile probably to approach him with this. Along those lines, I'd be VERY interested in that ZIP file, as there are some S&H layered products I'd like to have, plus, it'd be very handy to have the docs in electronic format for my own reference. Regards, Jay West

On Tuesday 12 July 2005 19:38, Zane H. Healy wrote: Since there are at least a few folks who'd like the TSX+ ZIP, I'll follow up and see if I can get permission to "release" it to the collector community. I'll let them know I'll be glad to track who gets it, etc. Hopefully, that won't be necessary and they will just be glad that folks are enjoying learning their old software :-) Lyle -- Lyle Bickley Bickley Consulting West Inc. Mountain View, CA http://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"

On 7/13/05, Doc Shipley <doc at mdrconsult.com> wrote: Hate to be a metoo, but me too! :-) /wai-sun

On Wednesday 13 July 2005 02:12, gordonjcp at gjcp.net wrote: Version 6.5 Lyle -- Lyle Bickley Bickley Consulting West Inc. Mountain View, CA http://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"

I just received permission this morning from S&H to release TSX Plus 6.5, RTSORT and COBOL and their associated documentation to the PDP-11 collector community for non-commercial use. I'm in the process of working with other folks to determine the best way to support the distribution under a non-commercial "license". Be a bit patient while we work out the details. For those who aren't familiar with S&H's very cool PDP-11 products, here's a brief overview: TSX Plus - enables multiuser, multiterminal RT (you must already have a copy of RT to implement this product) RTSORT - the fastest sort program available for the PDP-11. Sorting used to be a major function in commercial data processing (and still is in mainframe "Batch" processing). RTSORT ran circles around Digital's own sort package. COBOL - the big deal is that while DEC's COBOL required careful planning of overlays - S&H's COBOL did automatic virtual handling of memory - so one could take off-the-shelf IBM COBOL programs and run them on a DEC systems without the need to modify them for "overlays". Be assured that we will expedite this release as soon as reasonably possible. Please do not ask me privately for a copy of these products in the meantime. Regards, Lyle -- Lyle Bickley Bickley Consulting West Inc. Mountain View, CA http://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"

Johnny Billquist wrote: Hi there... I'm catching up with old mail... I have been looking for DECMail-11 for years... the closest I got was some header files for the BasicPlus source... I've used them to try to write some Linux code which at least reads and converts DECMail-11 files to something readable by unix... If you find more, please let me know... megan