[Info-vax] OT: EFF software patent busting & DEC CBT/CBI

[George Cook]

In article <52cba$49c4f499$cef8af62$11467 at TEKSAVVY.COM-Free>, "John Smith \(not the one @ HP\)" <a at nonymous.com> writes:
> Does anyone here remember the details of the Digital CBT/CBI courses 
> available in the early/mid 1980's?
> 
> The USPTO issued a patent for CBT 
> http://w2.eff.org/patent/wanted/patent.php?p=test
> which seems to incorporate most of what I recall was already present in 
> DEC's CBT offerings. The EFF is looking for information about prior art in 
> order to fight this patent.
> 
> I seem to recollect that there were CBT's available for VMS system mangement 
> and Fortran, maybe others.
> 
> I'd dig through my archives to confirm some of the details but I'm laid up 
> with busted-up leg acquired during skiing  few weeks ago.

CBT V4.0 is installed and still working on the WVNET cluster.  The
courses installed are VMSCAI (Introduction to VMS) and EDTCAI
(Introduction to EDT).  I have the tapes (but no way to read them)
for Introduction to VMS System Management and Introduction to VMS
System Operation.

I also still have many of the workbook based courses which require
a student to have a VMS account where they can do exercises.


George Cook
WVNET