Jerome Fine replies: Shoppa himself (TIM NOT TOM), Tim is providing support for a $ 10 Billion system of some sort which likely uses VMS. I don't think I can be any more accurate that the above description and it may be exaggerated a bit, but from what I know of Tim's background, the hardware controlled by the computer may well have cost that much. As such, Tim has almost no time for anything else except his family. As for the CDs which you requested, you did not specify RSX or RT-11. If the latter, I can help since I now have a CD burner. Does anyone else have copies of the RSX-11 set of 2 CDs? Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

With regard to RT-11, I have a request - does anyone think it is worthwhile to keep track of and have a centralized location which records as many of the current RT-11 bugs as possible? If anyone agrees and has any information about any existing bugs in RT-11, I would like to share my list with them. In addition, I would also like to fix them. I don't think a formal SPR is needed, just an initial brief description. Is there any interest out there? Even if you don't have any bugs to contribute, please comment if you think a central location is a good idea so that everyone who uses RT-11 can be aware of the current list of bugs. I have a feeling that no one else is interested outside of a very few individuals who have asked me to tell them about a bug I recently found, but have not responded when I asked them to allow me to add the bug to the current list. Maybe I am out of touch with how bugs get fixed, but if no one knows about them, how will they get corrected? So if you are interested, please add your two cents!! Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.

Jerome Fine replies: Likewise as far as the improvement aspect is concerned. Actually, A long, long time ago in a Galaxy far away, there used to be an RT-11 WISH list. Maybe that could be something else to be used as as guide. Is anyone interested? Maybe a new WISH list with a short list of most important items could be developed? I have attempted to determine if Mentec even has such a list, let alone if Mentec is willing to make the list public. So far no response. Of course, the really important question is how the bugs will get fixed. Well, I can answer that question. If Mentec does not decide to fix the bugs free of charge, then I will do so. I will also keep the list and set up a site to make it available unless Mentec wishes to make such a list public and available on their web site. If there are any restrictions on the access to such a list or the list does not accept all contributions and clearly specify the nature of the bug, then a list which does not depend on Mentec nor is controlled by Mentec seems more appropriate. As for the first bug I want to put on the list, MACRO-11 does not conform to the ISO standard since it uses ONLY 2 digit years. As far as I know, the version released in the V5.06 distribution of RT-11 has not changed with V5.07 of RT-11. Does anyone else have a bug or two? Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.