Re: [Simh] Transferring the licence file to the VAX emulator - THE FIX
On 18/12/18 13:56, Armistead, Jason wrote: Maybe a brief discussion of this topic could be added to the SIMH FAQ. It seems like a key piece of information to help others kick-start their attempts to run VMS/OpenVMS under SIMH. concur and agree. Dott. Piergiorgio. ___ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
Re: [Simh] Transferring the licence file to the VAX emulator - THE FIX
Maybe a brief discussion of this topic could be added to the SIMH FAQ. It seems like a key piece of information to help others kick-start their attempts to run VMS/OpenVMS under SIMH. -Original Message- From: Simh [mailto:simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Monday, 17 December 2018 11:52 PM To: SIMH@trailing-edge.com Subject: [External] Re: [Simh] Transferring the licence file to the VAX emulator - THE FIX On 12/17/18 8:28 AM, Brian wrote: OK, thanks to all who helped. As I found from a website to which I was directed, and as Mark also said, the solution was to copy the file off the CD-ROM and then SET FILE/ATTRIBUTE=(RFM=STM) VMSLICENCES.COM Then run the commands again, and it all worked perfectly. I guess I've forgotten a lot more about VMS than I thought in 30-odd years. :( This could be an interesting (re-)learning curve... Brian. > Hi all, > > Please bear with me for what I'm sure is a beginner question, but it > has me beat. :( > > I've set up SIMH, built it all, got my kits for OpenVMS and have > installed the system. So far, so good. > > The problem I'm having is in getting the licence file I received under > the Hobbyist scheme onto the VAX. I had thought that 'burning' it into > an ISO on my Linux box and then mounting that image would work. It > does, but not completely. > > According to the e-mail, the licence file is in the form of a VMS > command file. On my Linux box, this looks just fine. However, > irrespective of whether I use Linux or Windows line endings, when I > transfer the file onto the VAX as above, all the lines run together > and the file format is trashed. If I edit the file on the VAX, I can > see the LF or CR/LF characters in the editor, just as they should be. > > Maybe I've forgotten more about the VAX than I think. WHAT does it > expect to see as a line terminator? If I know, then I can fix the file > on my Linux box and transfer it over again, but if neither Linux nor > Windows line endings work, I've no idea what I need to try. Or am I > missing something, and there's some fundamental flaw with the whole > idea of transferring text files via an ISO image? > > I really don't want to have to enter all the licence data > interactively, or fix a couple of thousand line endings in the editor! > There must be SOME way of getting the file onto a new setup? > > Thanks for any assistance, > > Brian. > ___ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
Re: [Simh] Transferring the licence file to the VAX emulator - THE FIX
On 12/17/18 8:28 AM, Brian wrote: OK, thanks to all who helped. As I found from a website to which I was directed, and as Mark also said, the solution was to copy the file off the CD-ROM and then SET FILE/ATTRIBUTE=(RFM=STM) VMSLICENCES.COM Then run the commands again, and it all worked perfectly. I guess I've forgotten a lot more about VMS than I thought in 30-odd years. :( This could be an interesting (re-)learning curve... Brian. > Hi all, > > Please bear with me for what I'm sure is a beginner question, but it > has me beat. :( > > I've set up SIMH, built it all, got my kits for OpenVMS and have > installed the system. So far, so good. > > The problem I'm having is in getting the licence file I received under > the Hobbyist scheme onto the VAX. I had thought that 'burning' it into > an ISO on my Linux box and then mounting that image would work. It > does, but not completely. > > According to the e-mail, the licence file is in the form of a VMS > command file. On my Linux box, this looks just fine. However, > irrespective of whether I use Linux or Windows line endings, when I > transfer the file onto the VAX as above, all the lines run together > and the file format is trashed. If I edit the file on the VAX, I can > see the LF or CR/LF characters in the editor, just as they should be. > > Maybe I've forgotten more about the VAX than I think. WHAT does it > expect to see as a line terminator? If I know, then I can fix the file > on my Linux box and transfer it over again, but if neither Linux nor > Windows line endings work, I've no idea what I need to try. Or am I > missing something, and there's some fundamental flaw with the whole > idea of transferring text files via an ISO image? > > I really don't want to have to enter all the licence data > interactively, or fix a couple of thousand line endings in the editor! > There must be SOME way of getting the file onto a new setup? > > Thanks for any assistance, > > Brian. > > ___ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > ___ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh