[TUHS] VAX System V

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey via TUHS]

On Thursday, 11 June 2026 at 17:59:22 -0700, James Frew via TUHS wrote:
> On 2026-06-10 3:55 PM, Ron Natalie via TUHS wrote:
>
>> Armando Stetner from DEC ... announced the first UNIX license from DEC.
>> He held up a license plate.   They gave those plates away (still have
>> mine).
>
> Still have mine, too.

I picked up mine very late, at the 2001 USENIX ATC.  It's not quite
kosher: it's full of references to Tru64 and Compaq.  Image is at
http://www.lemis.com/grog/photos/Onephoto.php?image=/grog/Photos/20260612/UNIX-Live-free-or-die-2.jpeg&size=2

That seems to have been towards the end of the line for Tru64.  Does
anybody know how long Compaq continued making these “license” plates?

Greg
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