[Info-vax] [OT?] PDP-11 hobbyist status

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2023-02-16 15:59, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 2/16/2023 8:16 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2023-02-15, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Mentec repeat. :-P
>>> (How I wish I could manage to sort that out...)
>>>
>>
>> I know you have actively tried to fix this over the years.
>>
>> Are you able to give an update on where things currently stand ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Simon.
> 
> In the fall of 2017, I tried to work with Dave Carroll.
> 
> Back then, VSI was engaged in talks with HPE regarding some layered 
> products whose rights had not been transferred
> to VSI back in 2014.  I thought that would be a good time to sort out 
> the PDP-11 issue.
> 
> The first thing I was trying to do was find out exactly what software 
> Dave had, so we could approach HPE with
> a list.
> 
> After some initial dialogue, where Dave seemed interested in sorting 
> this out, he went silent.

Yeah. As you might remember, I was the third party in those talks. 
Unfortunately, Dave not only went silent with you, he went silent with 
me and pretty much everyone else as well. And I have not been able to 
reach him since, and this have become a current blocking point. Without 
Dave we can't get anything else happening either.

Anyway, thanks for your efforts, Robert. If I ever manage to get Dave 
online again, I will ping you.

   Johnny