When did the DECUS purge occur? Marc
On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 8:26 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 12/8/18 11:16 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > > On 12/8/18 7:10 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > > >> As long as we're talking about old PDP-11 DECUS stuff I > >> > >> am still looking for a copy of: > >> > >> 11S042 Symposium Tape from the RSTS SIG, Spring 1980, > >> > >> Chicago Version: Spring 1980 > >> > >> > >> Of course, I would be interested in pretty much anything from > >> > >> the RSTS SIG but this is my holy grail. :-) > >> > >> > >> bill > >> > >> > > Maybe I can talk Josh at LCM+L to work on a joint project in 2019 to > > see what DECUS submissions they and CHM have. > > > > I know Lyle would really like me to read his DECUS > > PDP-12 DECtapes and I really should better organize > > what is in bitsavers.org/bits/DEC. I probably makes > > sense to break out the DECUS library there. > > > Would be nice to save what of this can still be recovered. > > It was disturbing to hear DECUS threw stuff out, but not > > surprising. I know of other such actions. Stuff Dennis > > Ritchie donated to a former East Coast Computer Museum > > was discarded and I also know of stuff given to USENIX > > that they tossed (luckily some of that has been recovered > > but I am sure much was lost permanently). > > > bill > > >
