Lazarus Archive · LZ-37305

Ardent Keys 5.8

Tern Software, 1992. Application software for VAX/VMS.

Description

A typing tutor for VAX/VMS, published by Tern Software in 1992.

Provenance

Donated with the machine it was used on. The tape had stretched near its start; the first blocks were repaired by hand from the sampled signal. The image matches a checksum published by the original distributor.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
f84f7fd4443bcff971dd5883061457ef3227bc686957445db0e9f6a771299a9a
Last verified
Oct 10, 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: Tern Software, Ardent Keys 5.8 (1992). Lazarus Archive, LZ-37305.

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