16 Jan
2000
16 Jan
'00
8:19 p.m.
> once upon a time, it was around 1981, I used a
pdp11/45 with V7
> (I started my life with Unix with V6 in 1977/8), doing some research
> in compilers, portability, dense code schemes for interpreters.
> For that I used a port of DEC MACRO-11 to Unix. There was also
> an associated linker and the package offered also Fortran, though
> I didnt't use the latter. As far as I remember, this port was
> done at Harvard and distributed to some academic sites. I was
> at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, at that time.
I'd suggest contacting Professor Harry Lewis at Harvard
(lewis(a)harvard.edu) We used Macro-11 for Unix in his "Intro to
Data Structures" course in 1980.
Since Professor Lewis is now a dean, this may take some
persistence on your part, but I remember Professor Lewis as a
decent sort (though busy, even in 1980) and I'm sure he'd be willing
to help once he knows who you are.
BTW, I did verify that this was Macro-11 for Unix. After some
rummaging I was able to find (wonder of wonders!) my old "HRSTS
Macro; Macro-11 Second Edition; 1/5/76" manual complete with
Unix man pages for 'macro', 'linkr' and 'libr.'
Best of luck.
Edgee
PS: I've just read Tim Shoppa's post; the man pages contained in
his email are identical to those in my manual (i.e., looks like you
want m11).