RSTS V7 magtape images on bitsavers

[B M]

I have put RSTS-11 media, docs and install log at:
http://iamvirtual.ca/PDP-11/RSTS-11/Install.htm

--barrym

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:

>     > From: Paul Koning
>
>     >> When did V7 come out, BTW?
>
>     > The files on the SYSGEN tape have a timestamp of 26-Sep-79, so "Fall
>     > 1979" sounds right.
>
> Ow. I was looking for something a lot earlier than that. I used RSTS-11 in
> the '72-'74 timeframe, so it's a version from that era I'd like to have.
> Any
> idea what version that would be - and if it's still extant?
>
>     > I've used the V4A kit (DECtapes) to build that ... (There's a V4A
>     > sysgen manual on Bitsavers too ...)
>
> When was that one?
>
>
>     >> It would be really nice to have sources - are they gone forever?
>
>     > Some still exist. I know someone who has a RSTS source kit, not sure
>     > which version. I have pieces of source.
>
> OK, better than nothing.
>
>     > A complication with all of this is the question of licensing.
> There's a
>     > hobbyist license for RSTS to build and run it, but whether that
> carries
>     > over to making sources available is an interesting question. I'm not
>     > sure who to ask these days, either.
>
> Hmm. I guess technically HP owns it now?
>
>         Noel
>