Should I add a "Micro" PDP11/73 to the Herd?

From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com <(healyzh_at_aracnet.com)>
Date: Thu Jun 22 17:13:24 2000

> > Since when is/was RT-11 freeware? One of the hardest things about collecting
>
> Don't know since when, but it is. I found it on many FTP-Sites, and I
> asked around in Compaq (this time DEC), and they said, they made it freely
> accessible.
>
> Ciao,
> Freddy

NO. RT-11 is most definitly NOT FREEWARE!!! Read the *License* that is
with the versions of RT-11 that you will find out on the net! You will
learn that it is available with the following restrictions:

        1. Only for use with Bob Supnik's emulator (actualy DEC owned
           emulators)!
        2. Only V5.3 and earlier!
        3. Only for Hobbyist use!

AGAIN RT-11 IS NOT FREEWARE!!! Furthermore, claiming such could damage
efforts to get a hobbyist license in place that will allow hobbyists to run
RT-11 on thier hardware.

Note, the existing Hobbyist License, which as I've stated can only be used
with Bob Supnik's emulator, also covers some of the other OS's. It also
covers layered products.

In fact here is the license. READ IT!!!

                Zane
                

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Whereas, MENTEC owns the rights to the following PDP-11 Operating
Systems and associated layered products (RT-11 V5.3 or prior, RSTS/E
V9.6 or prior, RSX-11M V4.3 or prior, RSX-11M PLUS V3.0 or prior)
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to use such SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY for personal, non-commercial purposes;

Whereas, CUSTOMER desires to enter into a License Agreement which will
allow CUSTOMER to use such software technology at his or her residence
for personal, non-commercial purposes;

MENTEC and CUSTOMER agree as follows:

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SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY shall mean the binary versions of the PDP-11
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V4.3 or prior, RSX-11M PLUS V3.0 or prior), and associated utilities
and layered products that run on PDP-11 computers.

MENTEC'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS shall mean MENTEC's patent,
copyright and trade secret rights in its SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY.

EMULATOR shall mean software owned by Digital Equipment Corporation
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programs and operating systems to run on non-PDP-11 systems.

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