[HECnet] RSX or RSTS

Johnny Billquist bqt at softjar.se
Sat Mar 21 11:23:22 PDT 2020


On 2020-03-21 19:11, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 3/21/20 1:38 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>>>     Oh, and there's also the question of what's available in terms of
>>> installation media for either OS.  I'd want the most recent version I
>>> could
>>> find, and hopefully something Y2K compliant so I don't have to fudge the
>>> system date.  And it has to have DECnet, so it can be on HECnet, of
>>> course.
>>> And whatever languages are available.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>> For RSTS/E you can find a lot at Brett Bump's RSTS.ORG site.
> ...
> 
>    I'm really glad Brett is still kicking, and still into RSTS.  He was
> my RSTS mentor 34 years ago when I was 17; we spent many long nights on
> the phone (he in Nebraska, me in NJ) with me in front of my PDP-11/34.

Maybe someone should reach out to him, and see if he'd be interesting in 
joining this merry gang?

(I sortof wonder if he used to be subscribed, but mails started 
bouncing, but I might be confusing people...)

   Johnny

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Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
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