Looking for VAXSET Software Engineering Tools for VMS 4.x

Wed Apr 21 15:53:26 CDT 2021

I've managed to reconstitute my SIMH config and I've checked out a few 
of the ISO files I managed to generate using ddrescue.

The Mar 89 CONOLD and May 89 CONDIST do not even show up as media under 
Linux. If I get the chance I'll try out the Oxford GAME store polisher 
for one at least of them. As a backup I'll dig out my 3000 grit 
sandpaper and try that out.

I've only looked at a few CONDIST volumes and none of the corresponding 
CONOLD volumes.

The oldest working one is the 1989 July CONDIST, which read 99.99% with 
ddrescue. It mounts quite happily and I can see the directory. ANA/DISK 
complains slightly:
[
$ ana/disk dua3:

Analyze/Disk_Structure for _VAX072$DUA3: started on 21-APR-2021 21:11:34.25

%ANALDISK-I-SHORTBITMAP, storage bitmap on RVN 1 does not cover the 
entire device
%ANALDISK-I-OPENQUOTA, error opening QUOTA.SYS
-SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHFILE, no such file
]

There's never a QUOTA.SYS on a CDROM, so that's probably OK. Not sure 
about the SHORTBITMAP (it's been a long time since I used VMS as my 
daily driver and I've not had the chance to try an ISO that was read 
with no errors, nor a real CDROM in a real CDROM drive on a real VAX).

Anyway, it looks like it is all there. However (and there's always a 
"however") the VAXSET kit that started this all off is VAXSET*080* and 
not the hoped for *070*. Interestingly the [.LINE] subdirectory does 
contain some doc files but the [.KIT] directory is empty. I've included 
the CD_CONTENTS.DAT below. From that you can see:

"VAXSET" **** N V8.0 SUB N Y VAXSET080 NO_BINARIES

which would suggest that the kit didn't ship although the SPD and so on 
did. No idea why. Until I saw that I assumed that this was the one set 
of files to get whacked, but that seems very unlikely. Especially since 
the 1989 JUL AD CONDIST is the same.

I also ran up the MENU.EXE that is included and VAXSET is listed under 
"New Products" and not "Updated Products". My interpretation would be 
that it is not on any earlier CONDIST CDROMs. But it would be nice for 
earlier ones to get flushed out and published!

Anyway, over the next few days I'll package up these early CDROMs and 
put them up on either google drive or dropbox. I'll post a link here and 
whoever wants them can grab them. If Al wants them for bitsavers that's 
OK by me.

I plan to include the ISO, a README.TXT that explains that these are all 
incomplete and I'll attach the ddrescue output, a scan of the CD, a 
SHA256 of the files. I'll tar it up and compress with xz.

If anyone would prefer some other format or compression or whatever, I'm 
open to suggestions.

Antonio

The list of kits on the 1989-07 CONDIST is:

[
$ type cd_contanets     ents.dat

%LABEL CD_BIN_90403
%TYPE CONDIST
!
!JULY CONDIST
!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!PRODUCT NAME UPI INST VERSION KIT CH DIS ROOT SAVESET(S)
!
"AAF01/VMS SUBROUTINE LIBRARY" GEFR Y V2.0 SUB1 A Y AAF01020 AAF01020
"ADF01/VMS SUBROUTINE LIBRARY" 375 Y V4.0 SUB1 A Y ADF01040 ADF01040
"DEC GKS FOR VMS" 810A Y V4.0 SUB N Y DECGKS040 DECGKS040,DECGKSRTO040
"DEC GKS-3D FOR VMS" VFXE Y V1.0 SUB1 N Y DECGKS3D010 DECGKS3D010,DECGKS3DRT
"DECFORMS" VCH Y V1.0 SUB N Y FORMS010 FORMS010,FORMSTR010
"DECNET-VAX" **** N V5.1 SUB A Y NETVAX051 NO_BINARIES
"DECNET/SNA DATA TRANSFER FACILITY" VEBA Y V2.0 SUB1 A Y SNADTF020 
SNADTFS020,SNADTFU020
"DECNET/SNA GATEWAY FOR CHANNEL TRANSPORT" VC9 Y V1.0 SUB2 A Y SNACSA010 
SNACSA010
"DECNET/SNA GATEWAY FOR SYNCHRONOUS TRANSPORT" S01A Y V1.0 SUB2 A Y 
SNACST010 SNACST010
"DECNET/SNA VMS 3270 DATA STREAM PROGRAMMING INTERFACE" **** Y V1.4 SUB 
N Y SNA3270014 SNA3270014
"DECNET/SNA VMS 3270 TERMINAL EMULATOR" 454A Y V1.5 SUB N Y SNATE015 
SNATE015
"DECNET/SNA VMS APPC/LU6.2 PROGRAMMING INTERFACE" 022A Y V2.1 SUB A Y 
SNALU62021 SNALU62021
"DECNET/SNA VMS APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE" 455A Y V2.3 SUB N Y 
SNALU0023 SNALU0023
"DECNET/SNA VMS DISOSS DOCUMENT EXCHANGE FACILITY" 042A Y V1.4 SUB1 A Y 
SNADDXF014 SNADDXF014
"DECNET/SNA VMS DISTRIBUTED HOST COMMAND FACILITY" 043A Y V1.2 SUB N Y 
SNADHCF012 SNADHCF012
"DECNET/SNA VMS GATEWAY MANAGEMENT" 452A Y V2.0 SUB2 A Y SNAGM020 SNAGM020
"DECROUTER 2000" S03 Y V1.1 SUB1 A Y ROU011 ROU011
"DECSERVER 200 FOR VAX/VMS AND MICROVMS" Z06A Y V2.0 SUB A Y DS2020 DS2020
"DECSERVER 500/VMS" Z46 Y V1.1 SUB1 A Y DS5011 DS5011
"DECVOICE SOFTWARE" VFU Y V1.0 SUB A Y VOX010 VOX010
"DRX11-C/VMS DRIVER" S36 Y V6.0 SUB1 A Y DRX11C060 DRX11C060
"EXTERNAL DOCUMENT EXCHANGE WITH IBM DISOSS" **** Y V2.1 SUB1 N Y 
EDEDIS021 EDEDIS021
"IEX-VMS-DRIVER" 519A Y V4.0 SUB1 A Y IEX040 IEX040
"IXV/VAXELN DRIVER" VG3A Y V2.0 SUB A Y IXVELN020 IXVELN020
"IXV11/VMS DRIVER" VHZA Y V2.0 SUB A Y IXV11020 IXV11020
"KMV1A MICROVAX DRIVER AND X.25 LINK LEVEL SOFTWARE" VCQA Y V2.0 SUB A Y 
UWX25020 UWX25020
"KMV1A MICROVAX DRIVER" VCPA Y V2.0 SUB A Y UWDRV020 UWDRV020
"MICROVAX MIRA SWITCH CONTROL" **** Y V2.1 SUB N Y MRA021 MRA021
"MICROVAX/DRQ3B DEVICE DRIVER" 0APA Y V1.2 SUB A Y HX012 HX012
"MUXSERVER 100 REMOTE TERMINAL SERVER" VE4A Y V2.2 SUB2 A Y MSVAENG022 
MSVAENG022
"PBXSERVER" **** Y V2.0 SUB A Y PBXSERVER020 PBXSERVER020
"REMOTE SYSTEM MANAGER SERVER VMS" B13 Y V2.1 SUB A Y RSMSRV021 RSMSRV021
"VAX 2780/3780 PROTOCOL EMULATOR" 111A Y V1.7 SUB A Y BSCPTP017 BSCPTP017
"VAX ACMS" 079A Y V3.0A SUB1 A Y ACMSDEV030 ACMSDEV030,ACMSRTO030,ACMSREM030
"VAX ADA" 056A Y V2.0 SUB N Y ADA020 ADA020,ADAHLP020
"VAX BASIC" 095A Y V3.3 SUB A Y BASIC033 BASIC033
"VAX BLISS-32 IMPLEMENTATION LANGUAGE" 106A Y V4.5 SUB A Y BLS32045 BLS32045
"VAX C" 015A Y V3.0 SUB N Y VAXC030 VAXC030
"VAX CDD/PLUS" 897A Y V4.1 SUB N Y CDD041 CDD041
"VAX COBOL GENERATOR" 365A Y V1.3 SUB A Y GEN013 GEN013
"VAX COBOL" 099A Y V4.2A SUB2 A Y COBOL042 COBOL042
"VAX COBOL/JAPANESE" **** Y V4.2 SUB1 N Y JCOBOL042 JCOBOL042
"VAX COPROCESSOR/RSX" **** Y V1.0 SUB N Y CPRSX010 CPRSX010
"VAX DATATRIEVE" 898A Y V4.2 SUB A Y DTR042 DTR042
"VAX DATATRIEVE/JAPANESE" 898J Y V4.2 SUB A Y JDTR042 JDTR042
"VAX DBMS" 915A Y V4.0 SUB A Y DBMS040 DBMDEV040,DBMRTO040
"VAX DEC/CMS" 007A Y V3.2 SUB N Y CMS032 CMS032
"VAX DEC/MAP" **** Y V2.1 SUB1 A Y MAP021 MAP021
"VAX DEC/MMS" VADA Y V2.5 SUB N Y MMS025 MMS025
"VAX DEC/TEST MANAGER" **** Y V3.0 SUB N Y DTM030 DTM030
"VAX DECISION EXPERT FOR VMS" VI2A Y V1.0 SUB N Y DEEX010 DEEX010
"VAX DECSCAN VMS AND ELN BITBUS DRIVERS" VCJA Y V2.0 SUB2 A Y IBQ020 IBQ020
"VAX DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVICE" VEQ Y V1.1 SUB2 A Y DFS011 DFS011
"VAX DISTRIBUTED NAME SERVICE" VERA Y V1.1A SUB1 A Y DNS011 DNS011
"VAX DISTRIBUTED QUEUING SERVICE" VENA Y V1.1 SUB1 A Y DQS011 DQS011
"VAX DSM" 130A Y V5.1 SUB N Y DSM051 DSM051
"VAX FMS" VD8A Y V2.4 SUB A Y VAXFMS024 VAXFMS024,FMSFDV024
"VAX FORTRAN" **** Y V5.2 SUB U Y FORT052 FORT052
"VAX KCT32" 128A Y V2.0 SUB A Y UK020 UK020
"VAX KMS11-BD/BE HDLC/BSC FRAMING SOFTWARE" 920 Y V2.0 SUB A Y YN020 YN020
"VAX KMS11-BD/BE X.25 LINK LEVEL SOFTWARE" 757A Y V2.0 SUB2 A Y YO020 YO020
"VAX LANGUAGE SENSITIVE EDITOR" 057A Y V2.3 SUB N Y LSE023 LSE023
"VAX NOTES" 960A Y V2.0 SUB U Y NOTES020 NOTES020
"VAX PASCAL" 126A Y V3.9 SUB A Y PASCAL039 PASCAL039
"VAX PERFORMANCE ADVISOR" VE5A Y V2.0 SUB N Y VPA020 VPA020
"VAX PERFORMANCE AND COVERAGE ANALYZER" 119A Y V2.1 SUB N Y PCA021 PCA021
"VAX PL/I" 114A Y V3.3 SUB N Y PLI033 PLI033
"VAX PRINTSERVER CLIENT SOFTWARE" 797 Y V2.1 SUB A Y LPS40C021 LPS40C021
"VAX PRINTSERVER SUPPORTING HOST SOFTWARE" 798 Y V2.1 SUB A Y LPS40S021 
LPS40S021
"VAX PRODUCER INTERPRETER" **** Y V1.7 SUB N Y PRDINT017 PRDINT017
"VAX PRODUCER" **** Y V1.7 SUB N Y PRDUCR017 PRDUCR017
"VAX P.S.I. ACCESS" 061A Y V4.2 SUB1 A Y PSI_AC042 PSI_AC042
"VAX P.S.I." 071A Y V4.2 SUB1 A Y PSI042 PSI042
"VAX PUBLIC ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS" **** Y V1.2 SUB N Y VAXPAC012 VAXPAC012
"VAX REAL-TIME ACCELERATOR SOFTWARE" **** Y V2.0 SUB N Y VRTA020 VRTA020
"VAX RMS JOURNALING" **** N V5.1 SUB A Y RMSJNL051 NO_BINARIES
"VAX SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGER" A82A Y V1.2 SUB N Y PM012 PM012
"VAX SOURCE CODE ANALYZER" VC6A Y V1.3 SUB N Y SCA013 SCA013
"VAX SPM" 850A Y V3.2 SUB A Y SPM032 SPM032
"VAX TEAMDATA" 741A Y V1.3 SUB1 A Y TDA013 TDA013
"VAX TEAMDATA/DANSK" **** Y V1.3 SUB A Y TDADANSK013 TDA013
"VAX TEAMDATA/DEUTSCH" ZKJ Y V1.3 SUB A Y TDADEUTSCH013 TDA013
"VAX TEAMDATA/ESPANOL" ZKK Y V1.3 SUB1 A Y TDAESPANOL013 TDA013
"VAX TEAMDATA/FRANCAIS" ZKL Y V1.3 SUB A Y TDAFRANCAIS013 TDA013
"VAX TEAMDATA/NORSK" ZKM Y V1.3 SUB A Y TDANORSK013 TDA013
"VAX TEAMINFO/SVENSKA" **** Y V1.3 SUB1 A Y TDASVENSKA013 TDA013
"VAX VOLUME SHADOWING" **** N V5.1 SUB A Y VMSSHD051 NO_BINARIES
"VAX WIDE AREA NETWORK DEVICE DRIVERS" **** Y V1.1 SUB1 U Y SYNC011 SYNC011
"VAX-11 RSX" 382A Y V2.4 SUB A Y RSX024 RSX024
"VAX/EDI (UK)" **** Y V1.0A SUB A Y VAXEDI010 VAXEDI010
"VAX/VMS COMPUTER INTEGRATED TELEPHONY APPLICATIONS INTERFACE" **** Y 
V1.1 SUB N Y CIT011 CIT011
"VAX/VMS COMPUTER INTEGRATED TELEPHONY PBX SERVER" **** Y V1.1 SUB N Y 
CITSR011 CITSR011
"VAX/VMS OPERATING SYSTEM" 001 N V5.1-1 SUB U Y VMSU2051 VMSU2051
"VAX/VMS OPERATING SYSTEM" 001 N V5.1-B SUB A Y VMSU1051 
VMSU1051,VMSSB_CD051
"VAXCLUSTER CONSOLE SYSTEM" V01 Y V1.2 SUB A Y VCS012 VCS012
"VAXCLUSTER SOFTWARE" **** N V5.1 SUB A Y VAXCLU051 NO_BINARIES
"VAXIMAGE APPLICATION SERVICES FOR VMS" 892A Y V1.0 SUB A Y VIS010 VIS010
"VAXIMAGE SCANNING APPLICATION" VPFA Y V1.0 SUB A Y PSCAN010 PSCAN010
"VAXLAB SOFTWARE LIBRARY" **** Y V1.3A SUB A Y VSL013 VSL013
"VAXPC FOR VMS" **** Y V1.0 SUB N Y VAXPC010 VAXPC010
"VAXSET" **** N V8.0 SUB N Y VAXSET080 NO_BINARIES
"VMS WORKSTATION SOFTWARE" **** N V4.0 SUB A Y VWS040 
VWS040,SIGHT040,VWSDEMO040,HCUIS040
"VMS WORKSTATION SOFTWARE" **** N V4.0A PTC A Y VWS040 VWSA040
"VMS WORKSTATION SOFTWARE/JAPANESE" A96J N V4.0 SUB A Y JVWS040 JVWS040
"VMS WORKSTATION SOFTWARE/JAPANESE" A96J N V4.0A PTC1 U Y JVWS040 JVWSA040
"VMS/JAPANESE" **** N V5.1 SUB1 U Y JVMS051 NO_BINARIES
"VMS/SNA" 362 Y V2.0 SUB U Y SNAVMS020 SNAVMS020
"VMS/ULTRIX CONNECTION (TM)" VHR Y V1.0 SUB1 A Y UCX010 UCX010
"X25ROUTER 2000" S02 Y V1.0 SUB2 A Y X25ROU010 X25ROU010
]

-- 
Antonio Carlini
antonio at acarlini.com