Re: VAX Lisp, Macsyma, Maxima
> On Oct 24, 2018, at 4:07 PM, David Coolbear via cctech > wrote: > > Does anyone know if any of these are still available for OpenVMS VAX? Part of the problem will be licensing, I think that I have copies of VAX Lisp, but I don’t think that it’s included with the hobbyist PAKs. Zane Sent from my iPod
Re: VAX Lisp, Macsyma, Maxima
On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 4:07 PM David Coolbear via cctech wrote: > > Does anyone know if any of these are still available for OpenVMS VAX? 917AA VAX LISP/VMS [LISP030] or [LISP031] was on VMS Consolidated Software Distribution CD sets from at least Jan-1990 to May-1993 I have [LISP031] that I must have gotten from a CD set that was released in that time frame.
Re: VAX Lisp, Macsyma, Maxima
On Oct 24, 2018, at 4:07 PM, David Coolbear via cctech wrote: > Does anyone know if any of these are still available for OpenVMS VAX? I don't know what "available" means in this context. But: VAX Lisp wasn't among the set of hobbyist licenses I got from HP last August. They did send me one when I asked, though. ok bear. -- until further notice
Re: VAX Lisp, Macsyma, Maxima
How about NIL? There are some bits and pieces from ITS backups, but I don't know if there's enough to get it started, much less run a real application like Macsyma. Off on a tangent, I see T supports VAX and there was a T revival project some time ago.
Re: VAX Lisp, Macsyma, Maxima
If going for something non-VAX, Lisp is available on Multics. I’m feeling a bit frustrated at the moment, I’ve run into an interesting issue with SecureCRT on iOS, and emacs on Multics. The key for ‘ and “ works fine from the command line, but not from emacs. I’ve verified this with both the on device “keyboard”, and a real Apple “Magic” keyboard. Zane Sent from my iPad > On Oct 24, 2018, at 10:21 PM, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk > wrote: > > How about NIL? There are some bits and pieces from ITS backups, but I > don't know if there's enough to get it started, much less run a real > application like Macsyma. > > Off on a tangent, I see T supports VAX and there was a T revival project > some time ago.
Re: VAX Lisp, Macsyma, Maxima
On 10/24/2018 4:07 PM, David Coolbear via cctalk wrote: Does anyone know if any of these are still available for OpenVMS VAX? This was posted on the Multics thread in February. Eric Swenson got the original-ish MACSYMA built and running in ITS. It's frankensteined together from a mix of source and FASL files from ITS, Lisp machine Macsyma sources, etc. You might contact him. Email me off list, and I'll forward his contact info if you can't contact him thru the Multicians list. I would imagine it's not for the faint hearted to get it going if you do not have experience with Lisp. I played with it quite a lot in 75 on the Multics system It was like I'd discovered that Hal9000 was real, as everyone probably knows. I have somewhere a complimentary copy from the people who licensed it and had a version for the x86. I think 4 of the original people on the project worked for the company which did it, and they were very nice if your were a real multician. But that won't have any sources, just an install for the system you used it on. It would be great for someone to do that if it worked and you can get it to run there. thanks Jim
