DECUS PDP-11 SPACE WAR?

[Marc Howard]

When did the DECUS purge occur?

Marc


On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 8:26 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

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> On 12/8/18 11:16 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
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> > On 12/8/18 7:10 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
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> >> As long as we're talking about old PDP-11 DECUS stuff I
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> >> am still looking for a copy of:
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> >> 11S042       Symposium Tape from the RSTS SIG, Spring 1980,
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> >> Chicago Version: Spring 1980
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> >>
> >> Of course, I would be interested in pretty much anything from
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> >> the RSTS SIG but this is  my holy grail.  :-)
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> >>
> >> bill
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> >>
> > Maybe I can talk Josh at LCM+L to work on a joint project in 2019 to
> > see what DECUS submissions they and CHM have.
> >
> > I know Lyle would really like me to read his DECUS
> > PDP-12 DECtapes and I really should better organize
> > what is in bitsavers.org/bits/DEC. I probably makes
> > sense to break out the DECUS library there.
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> Would be nice to save what of this can still be recovered.
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> It was disturbing to hear DECUS threw stuff out, but not
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> surprising.  I know of other such actions.  Stuff Dennis
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> Ritchie donated to a former East Coast Computer Museum
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> was discarded and I also know of stuff given to USENIX
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> that they tossed (luckily some of that has been recovered
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> but I am sure much was lost permanently).
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> bill
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