[HECnet] BLISS-16?

[Steve Davidson]

uBLISS was a subset and VERY slow, but... It worked on the 11's.   I got
the chance to play with it for a day and despite the speed (or lack
thereof) I thought it had promise.

-Steve 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE 
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 09:58
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] BLISS-16?

Hi, Steve.

Looking for the cross compiler. (Like I said, BLISS-16 for 
VMS... :-) ).

I've seen one reference for uBLISS, but I have no idea of the 
status of that one. Was it even usable? Why did DEC not use 
it internally for the Bliss stuff for PDP-11s?

	Johnny

On 2011-10-10 15.55, Steve Davidson wrote:
Johnny,

Are you looking for the cross compiler (BLISS-16C) that ran on VAX 
(VMS) generating code for the 11's, or are you looking for the 
compiler that ran directly on the 11's (uBLISS AKA microBLISS)?   
BLISS-16C while hard to find may be available, the other one I have 
only seen (and used) once in the 80's while at DEC and 
don't expect it to be available anywhere.

I will check to see if I have a copy of either, but it may 
take a while!
I'm not sure what condition the tapes I have are in - it has been 
decades since they were last accessed.

-Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
[mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 22:09
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: [HECnet] BLISS-16?

Do anyone have BLISS-16 for VMS? I guess it might be bundled with 
BLISS-32, but I don't know. I would like to test it some, 
and I have 
a VAX box running VMS, but my distribution CDs are far away, and I 
don't know if I have BLISS in there, but I thought I'd start by 
asking here before I try to get access to CDs 2000 km away...

	Johnny