On Jan 8, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> writes: On 01/08/2013 02:55 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote: >>> I've always wondered about VMS sources: how they are actually distributed >>> today and how much space they take? Is a CD-ROM enough for everything? And in >>> which format are they? Just simple text files in a bunch of directories or >>> there is something fancier such as some cross references and indexes? >> >> They used to make source *listings* available on fiche; I have several >> sets of those. It's a stack of fiche maybe 3-4" thick. > > How old are these "listings"? I haven't looked at them in years, but I think I have at least 5.1 and 5.2, possibly 4.7. But who needs the source listings when you've got access to the poor-man's microfiche? Can't search microfiche, and a fiche reader is a clumsy and hard to use contraption. paul