[COFF] VAX/VMS 4.4 Source Listing?

[Clem Cole]

Matt,
    I sent a former co-worker the VMS developer lead an email this AM.  I
was pretty sure I knew the answer to my question when I asked if this had
any value.   His reply was:

*Not sure about this particular version, but there certainly are other
copies floating around.*

*One thing to be aware of is that to my knowledge**, DEC never released a
complete source kit outside of the company at any price *(...  we certainly
had that behavior in Ultrix/Tru64-land I know for sure...)*.  The kits
redacted "sensitive" information, including some of the authentication
methods and the license enforcement (er, compliance assistance) code.  What
was sold as a "source kit" (media, under license) was, nonetheless
considered a trade secret with all the markings. *

*I had a complete copy of the master source pack in Marlborough during the
Aquarius development/debug time; I know I put backup tape of that into the
CHM.  That has the CMS library which would go back to at least V1.  (That
would be c.a. 1987-9.)  But the master pack contains only the VMS OS & some
tightly coupled products (e.g. rms).  The languages were elsewhere, as was
the workstation software.*


Clem
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On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 12:38 PM segaloco via COFF <coff at tuhs.org> wrote:

> Good morning all, I was wondering if anyone in this group was aware of any
> known preservation of VAX/VMS 4.4 source code?
>
> Just saw this on eBay:
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/195582389147?hash=item2d899e6b9b:g:neYAAOSwmQJj3EkH
>
> I certainly don't have the equipment for this in my arsenal, but at the
> same time, if this represents long-lost source code, I'd happy try and nab
> it and then get it to someone who can do the restoration work from this.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> - Matt G.
>
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