DECUS PDP-11 SPACE WAR?

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/8/18 10:00 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 6:09 PM Adrian Stoness via cctalk <
> cctalk at classiccmp.org wrote:
>
>> someone should get the source off him and put it out on  the web
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 4:34 PM Mattis Lind via cctalk <
>> cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Den fre 7 dec. 2018 kl 23:04 skrev Al Kossow via cctalk <
>>> cctalk at classiccmp.org>:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/7/18 1:25 PM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote:
>>>>> Anyone has old DECUS distributions?
>>>> For all intents and purposes, no
>>>>
>>>> DECUS threw them out.
>>>>
>>> Sad.
>>>
>>>> About the only thing that survives are the titles that
>>>> were included on some of the SIG tapes.
>>>>
>>>> Working on gathering what parts still survive in individual
>>>> collections would be a good thing, but I'm not holding my
>>>> breath for it to happen.
>>>>
>>> I will check the labels of all the RL01, RL02, RK05 and RK07 packs I have
>>> to see if there happens to be any DECUS  material on them.
>>>
>>> However I found one Bill Seiler in Santa Cruz that is very likely to be
>> the
>>> very Bill Seiler that wrote the original SPACE WAR for PDP-11. Since he
>> at
>>> least had the source in 2006 it might be so that he still has it?
>>>
> I have at least one rk05 with decus material but I have not yet completed
> the install/restoration of the drive and controller I have for my pdp 11/05
> or 11/40 to run and read the disks I have on hand.
>
> Who is the closest person to Philadelphia with a working pdp 11 and rk05
> drive, the LSSM in Pittsburgh perhaps?  I can take to Dave tonseenif he is
> willing to read in my 30 or so rk05 disks next time I visit there....or if
> anyone with more experience than I would like to pop over to assist me for
> an afternoon to get it running, please contact me via my web site.   I'd be
> willing to trade a pack or two for the help.  I have working rk05s on my
> pdp8e that we can borrow if need be so I am pretty sure soon enough I'll
> have success.  Part of my delay has been the fact that on my 11s I run
> rl02s dont need rk05s.
> Bill


As long as we're talking about old PDP-11 DECUS stuff I

am still looking for a copy of:

11S042       Symposium Tape from the RSTS SIG, Spring 1980,

Chicago Version: Spring 1980


Of course, I would be interested in pretty much anything from

the RSTS SIG but this is  my holy grail.  :-)


bill