Lazarus Archive · LZ-24348

OspreyDesk

Zephyrsoft, 1988. Application software for the PDP-11.

Description

A desktop publishing program for the PDP-11, published by Zephyrsoft in 1988.

Provenance

Donated with the machine it was used on. The tape was sticky with binder breakdown and was baked at low temperature before a single careful read. All of the work survives. The repairs are listed in the record’s damage map.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
c59eb975b39d63f1ebcfb332c5214d30b46e93853961168f404bd4f066f16234
Last verified
Oct 16, 2026, by Vigil
Emulation profile
LZE-PDP11-3 · lz-pdp 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. Copies may be taken away under the work’s license.

In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-PDP11-3, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on the PDP-11.

Cite as: Zephyrsoft, OspreyDesk (1988). Lazarus Archive, LZ-24348.

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