On 11-Jun-15 09:17, Johnny Billquist wrote: > > DAP is good until 2070 or so. If the DAP implementation on > Tops-10/TOPS-20 don't do things right at the moment, it's just a local > bug within those OSes then. RSX and VMS (maybe others) have had DAP > Y2K secure for many years. > DAP for Phase III/IV (V5.6.0) has 2-digit years. I'm not sure how we let such a dumb mistake get thru the architecture process, but we did.
T10/20 didn't implement PhaseV, which I haven't looked at. T10/20 development stopped long before Phase V was defined. Upgrading to Phase V DAP is likely more than "a local bug" fix; it's real work. > > I thought the Tops-10/TOPS-20 stuff was handed over to XKL, but maybe > someone with better knowledge than me can clarify this. > No. XKL had/has a license and could sub-license for use on their hardware, but DEC retained ownership. I was peripherally involved. > > The legal jungle around the PDP-11 software is a nightmare. The PDP-10 > stuff is easy in comparison, I think. > Easy is alway relative to who has to do the work :-)
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