30 Mar
2021
30 Mar
'21
2:19 p.m.
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 21:27:58 -0400
From: Chris Zach <cz at alembic.crystel.com>
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Subject: Re: Pro350/"XT" pre-release documents
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Well, what I have is this:
SPSS/Pro introductory guide
(2) SPSS/Pro for DEC professional/350
SPSS-X User's guide, third edition (Think telephone book)
4 disks VOL NAME SPSSPRO1 (to 4)
Hey, in one of the manuals there is an additional disk SPSS/Pro
DEMONSTRATION
I guess I can copy them on my Pro/380 to other disks, but does anyone
have a better way to make a spare copy? They are almost 40 years old at
this point...
Interesting stuff.
C
Chris,
There was also a SPSS-11 for RSX and your SPSS for Pro/350 would likely be a later
version. A few years ago I bought the SPSS-11 manual from an Ebay seller. It looks like
SPSS-11 ran a lot like the IBM OS/360 version in that it was feed a file of input and it
produced a file of output (like a batch job).
The Pro 350 version was likely a bit more interactive and I would be very interested in
getting a copy of it. As far as the best way to get a copy made, it would be great to read
them on a M+ system that has TCP/IP or is at least connected to HECnet so the disk images
could be uploaded somewhere. Also, the manuals would be of interest as well. The SPSS-11
manual I have is a relatively thin paperback book.
Thanks,
Mark
30 Mar
30 Mar
6:58 p.m.
? ?The Pro 350 version was likely a bit more
interactive and I would be
very interested in getting a copy of it. As far as the best way to get a
copy made, it would be great to read them on a M+ system that has TCP/IP
or is at least connected to HECnet so the disk images could be uploaded
somewhere. Also, the manuals would be of interest as well. The SPSS-11
manual I have is a relatively thin paperback book.
It was pretty cool, I think you could do graphs and the like on the
screen as well and send them to the LA50 printer (I bought one of those
on Ebay for like $10 bucks, I wonder where it is). But now I guess I
will have to drag out my Deskpro/XE which should have a 5.25 inch floppy
and see if it still works, is clean, and won't shred the disks.
So how can one scan a soft bound manual without destroying it in the
process?
C
Thanks,
Mark
7:12 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 4:58 PM Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Heck, I have a letterwriter 100 I'd ship to someone that wanted to play
with this.
Warner
The Pro
350 version was likely a bit more interactive and I would be
very interested in getting a copy of it. As far as the best way to get a
copy made, it would be great to read them on a M+ system that has TCP/IP
or is at least connected to HECnet so the disk images could be uploaded
somewhere. Also, the manuals would be of interest as well. The SPSS-11
manual I have is a relatively thin paperback book.
It was pretty cool, I think you could do graphs and the like on the
screen as well and send them to the LA50 printer (I bought one of those
on Ebay for like $10 bucks, I wonder where it is). But now I guess I
will have to drag out my Deskpro/XE which should have a 5.25 inch floppy
and see if it still works, is clean, and won't shred the disks.
So how can one scan a soft bound manual without
destroying it in the
process?
C
Thanks,
Mark
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