<Paul_Koning at Dell.com> writes: On Jan 8, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> writes:=20 >=20 >> 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"?=20 >>=20 >> I haven't looked at them in years, but I think I have at least 5.1 and >> 5.2, possibly 4.7.=20 >=20 > 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 con= traption. The "poor-man's microfiche" refers to: $ ANALYZE/SYSTEM SDA> EXAMINE/INSTRUCTION address;range -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.