Description
A database for VAX/VMS, written by Orchid Computing for doctors’ surgeries.
Provenance
Donated by the creator’s family in 2008. Two copies were found; together they gave a complete image. The image matches a checksum published by the original distributor.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
6704406e1c0f76138ca00b8a852e88cc472c2c61ad6c35ab271d432fe9b3c89c- Last verified
- Oct 25, 2026, by Vigil
- Emulation profile
- LZE-VAX-4 · lz-vax core
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. The license does not permit copies to be taken away.
In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-VAX-4, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on VAX/VMS.
Cite as: Orchid Computing, Ibis Index 4.2 (1986). Lazarus Archive, LZ-10829.