Current MANX location

[Dave Wade]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of John H. Reinhardt
> via cctalk
> Sent: 21 August 2019 05:29
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>;
> Zane Healy <healyzh at avanthar.com>
> Subject: Re: Current MANX location
> 
> On 8/20/2019 11:26 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
> > On 8/20/2019 11:08 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> >> On 8/20/2019 10:37 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
> >>>> On Aug 20, 2019, at 5:16 PM, John H. Reinhardt via
> cctalk<cctalk at classiccmp.org>  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On 8/20/2019 1:51 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
> >>>>>> On Aug 20, 2019, at 11:43 AM, Noel Chiappa via
> cctalk<cctalk at classiccmp.org>  wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> From: Glen Slick
> >>>>>>> This?
> >>>>>> Yes; thanks!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I don't know it didn't show up in my Web searches - I tried a
> >>>>>> number of different things, no luck.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Also,http://manx.classiccmp.org/  (which is the medium-old URL I
> >>>>>> had for it) redirects to something that has no working link to
> >>>>>> Manx; probably ought to fix it to go to the new location.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>    Noel
> >>>>> Stupid question.  What is MANX?  I’d thought that it was an alternate
> source of manuals.  To my disappointment, the manuals that turned up when I
> searched it, apparently don’t exist online anywhere.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Zane
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> It's kind of like an internet index.  Most (if not all?) of the entries are
> pointers to where the document is (or was) located.  I've run across some dead
> links but most seem to be current.  At least the stuff I've searched for.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> John H. Reinhardt
> >>> Leave it to me to search for obscure stuff, like manuals for DEC ALL-IN-1,
> or DEC Ada.  What I found really odd was that it had part numbers and manual
> names from one version, but when I clicked on the links it said no known
> version online.
> >>>
> >>> Zane
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Anyway... What version of the ADA manuals are you looking for? VSI has
> some for an Alpha Version 3.5 that they scraped off the HP site before they
> disappeared.  I have some older VAX ConDists that might have ADA
> documentation.
> >>
> >> Some links that still work:
> >>
> >> Master SLP/ODL Index 1997- 2017
> >> <http://h30266.www3.hpe.com/masterindex/Consolidations_external.shtml
> >> >
> >>
> >> Just Checked.  I have the 1999 Q3 (Sept) SPL and ODL which should have VAX
> ADA V3.5 binaries and Documentation.  Are there Hobbyist PAKs for them?
> >>

I think the ADA on the 1993 CDs is V3.0. That’s what is listed on the 1994 SPL which I downloaded from Vaxhaven . 
There are later SPL CDs at VAXHAVEN and I have some as well ...
My Hobbyist Licence includes an ADA licence, my ODL  CD which I think is 
from around 2001 has the ADA 3.5 documents.

Dave Wade 


> >>
> >> --
> >> John H. Reinhardt
> >
> > Here's the link the the VSI "Legacy" documentation page.  The Ada there is
> V3.5 for Alpha but if you want VAX I would think that it's close.
> >
> <https://www.vmssoftware.com/products_doc_hp_legacy.html>
> 
> 
> No comment.  *facepalm*
> 
> --
> John H. Reinhardt