15 Jul
2019
15 Jul
'19
7:17 a.m.
On 7/5/2019 1:57 PM, Thomas DeBellis wrote:
At one point, I do remember seeing certain VMS sources, but I don't recall the
context.? It might have been when I was still with DEC.? I guess you can't even
threaten to pay them to get any, huh?? Bummer...
OpenVMS source is/was available for a price.? The price was *somewhat* lower if you
were an employee.? As I was of HP between 2006 and 2008.? One of the last things I did
when I knew I was being laid off on 31-Dec-2008 was order from internal sources a bunch of
OpenVMS CD sets.? I got VAX V7.3,? AXP V8.2, V8.3, IA64 V8.2 and V8.3 source sets.? Cost
me under $200 and I ordered a few other bits and pieces along with.? I imagine if you were
non-HP/Compaq/DEC then the prices were much, much higher.? I wish I had been around when
V8.4 came out but I wasn't.? I had a line on someone that had the V8.4 but it fell
through.
FWIW, the "source" CDs are actually mostly output listings from the various
compilers and there are certain 3rd party propitiatory bits missing but a lot of the
internals are there.
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John H. Reinhardt