[COFF] VAX/VMS 4.4 Source Listing?

[Warner Losh]

On Mon, Feb 6, 2023, 1:25 PM Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:

> 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*
>
> V1 is 77-79... or is the CMS from that time?

Warner


* pack contains only the VMS OS & some tightly coupled products (e.g.
> rms).  The languages were elsewhere, as was the workstation software.*
>
>
> Clem
> ᐧ
>
> 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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