Recently, there was a flurry of messages regarding a license found in the RT-11 V4 tar-ball on gatekeeper.dec.com. The license appeared to be one which conveyed rights for hobbyist users of pdp-11 software from Mentec. After consulting with Mentec and Bob Supnik (praised be he for negotiating the deal), and after combing my archives for a copy of the binary distribution of RT V5.3 (which I provided to Bob Supnik for him to package up with the license), I am pleased to announce that the license has been confirmed by Mentec, and that there is at least a copy of the RT-11 V5.3 distribution kit available on: ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/digital/sim/software/rtv53swre.tar.Z I'm sure that there is work being done on obtaining distribution copies of other license-covered software. Watch this space for further notices about software. For the sake of good will between Mentec and hobbyists, please DO NOT start making copies of RT or any other pdp-11 software available from other locations without it first coming from gatekeeper. Also, please read and abide by the terms of the license. Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry(a)zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg(a)world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+