[Info-vax] Old DECUS VMS SIG tapes (pre-1984)

[terry+googleblog at tmk.com]

On Friday, May 8, 2015 at 1:04:21 PM UTC-4, Alan Frisbie wrote:
> Maybe not *all*, but a large number of them.   I don't have any RSTS
> tapes (except for a v7.0 distribution) -- my interest in those days was
> RT-11 and RSX, so I have both distributions and SIG tapes.   Yes, I will
> be copying them and making them available to the world.

I have these DECUS tapes which I can make available:

SERVER::$ dir/size

Directory DKA0:[SPECIAL.RSTS]

11838MA.TPC;1           1188
11839.TPC;1             2663
11839MA.TPC;1           2659
11SP47.TPC;1           12176
11SP93.TPC;1           28511
SIG87.TPC;1            36237
SIG88.TPC;1            18095
SIG89.TPC;1            15086
TECOSIG.TPC;1          70627

I also have the following RSTS/E and layered product tapes:

SERVER::$ dir/size

Directory DKA0:[SPECIAL.DIGITAL]

BP2_V2_7.ZIP;1          3608
COBOL-11_V4_4.ZIP;1     1212
COBOL-81_V2_3.ZIP;1     1154
C_V1_2.ZIP;1            3316
DECMAIL-11_V3_1.ZIP;1    921
DECNET-E_V4_1.ZIP;1     1405
FORTRAN-77_V5_4.ZIP;1   1008
FORTRAN_IV_V2_8.ZIP;1    553
RSTS_V10_0_INSTALL.ZIP;1
                       18485
RSTS_V10_1_INSTALL.ZIP;1
                       21249
RSTS_V10_1_SOURCE.ZIP;1
                       20930
RSTS_V8_CSP180.ZIP;1    4577
RSTS_V8_SYSGNL.ZIP;1    6967
RSTS_V8_UPDATE-G.ZIP;1  6794
RSTS_V9_0_INSTALL.ZIP;1 4661
RSTS_V9_1_INSTALL.ZIP;1 8032
RSTS_V9_2_INSTALL.ZIP;1
                       10640
RSTS_V9_3_INSTALL.ZIP;1
                       11800
RSTS_V9_4_INSTALL.ZIP;1
                       13272
RSTS_V9_5_INSTALL.ZIP;1
                       14593
RSTS_V9_6_INSTALL.ZIP;1
                       15766
RSTS_V9_7_INSTALL.ZIP;1
                       18047
RSTS_V9_LIBRARY.ZIP;1   9703

Total of 23 files, 198693 blocks.

However, I can only make those available after getting a release from someone authorized to do so (Mentec?)

If my 11/93 (the former RSTS/E SIG BBS) will fire up after years of sitting idle in the basement, I probably have most of the DECUS RSTS/E stuff on there.