> > The only place the "Compaq" logo appears is for the funny cover pages which > are very thick paper with a window to allow the manual name to show > through. Those very thick cover pages also used to have the DEC logo before > Mentec was involved.
Any thing that says "DEC" passed to "Compaq" as Compaq bought DEC lock, stock and barrel, well excluding Digital India which was never wholly owned any way, > > Overall conclusion: The manuals are still from DEC - nothing has changed > since replacing the name on the thick paper cover page without ANY > supporting reference to what the "Compaq" logo refers to may be just the > way that Mentec attempted to portray that Mentec now owned the manual > copyrights. > As I said Compaq bought DEC. Anything DEC passed to Compaq or > There is ONE exception. The Release Notes for V05.07 of RT-11 was > prepared and produced by Mentec in 1998. This one manual does have a > copyright notice from Mentec!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > So I would suggest that any manual prepared prior to 1994 which was > approximately when Mentec became involved is purely from DEC and is still > under copyright from DEC. DEC no longer exists. Its Compaq. (well HP now) >And further, based on a notice from DEC > concerning manuals which are out of print (naturally at this point all manuals > from DEC are out of print), DEC gave permission (I don't have a copy of the > actual notice - can someone please provide it) to copy all manuals. > > Jerome Fine Dave Wade Knee dave.w...@digital.com