[Info-vax] Some questions on software for VMS 7.3 VAX

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On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:31:35 +0100
hb via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> On 01/11/2016 10:14 AM, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
> > I should have been more specific and written "official" DEC or COMPAQ
> > Common-Lisp implementation. Common Lisp was standardized around 1989 so
> > there probably was one available for VAX/VMS.
> 
> As mentioned before: the last version of VAX LISP (V3.1) kit was on the
> VMS Consolidated Software Distribution May-1993, and you need a license
> aka PAK to run it, no matter what the VMS version is and whether it
> actually works on VMS V7.3 (or newer :-)) versions.

Thanks. I remember the discussion about needing a license for whatever
somebody might find. I did not remember that anybody said conclusively
whether or not any Lisp was in the distribution, only that there might be
one. This is a good lead then. The disks I found were from '92. Maybe I'll
get lucky somehow.

> I learned something from Wikipedia after I posted my last reply
> regarding VAX LISP. During development of version 4.0 VAX LISP was sold
> to Lucid Inc. (known for Lucid Common Lisp), but the Wikipedia article
> doesn't mention an actual date. Lucid Inc. went bankrupt in 1994, VAX
> LISP isn't mentioned in that article. Whatever DEC sold to Lucid Inc.,
> HP may still have the right to give you/hobbyists a license for V3.1.
> However, the fact that the kit disappeared from the Condist may indicate
> that even the rights for older versions were sold to Lucid Inc.

Interesting. Thanks for the info.

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