[Simh] Transferring the licence file to the VAX emulator

[Bob Eager]

I'm pretty sure I used VMS CONVERT to fix the licence file.

Another easy way is to use FTP, if you have a server available.

This is vaguely how I did it:

Get an existing file that is a VMS text file:

 $ ANAL/RMS/FDL/OUTPUT=XYZ  textfile

This creates a file called XYZ.FDL that describes the records in the
text file (just a typical text file). It needs to have lines as long as
those in the file to be converted, or just edit XYZ.FDL to change the
max record size.

 $ CONVERT/FDL=XYZ.FDL  inputfile outputfile

(the first being the file off your CD, and the second the converted
version)

My memory is hazy so you might have to fiddle a bit.

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 09:02:24 -0500
Brian <b_lists at patandbrian.org> wrote:

> On 12/17/18 8:44 AM, Wilm Boerhout wrote:
> > Brian schreef op 17-12-2018 om 14:28
> > 
> > [snip]  
> >> 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.  
> > 
> > What usually works for me:
> > 
> >  * open the license command file  file in your mail program / in a
> >    notepad on your Linux host.
> >  * Open a TPU editor session on your OPA0 simh console terminal
> >  * Copy/Paste the License file text into the TPU editor window.
> > 
> > If you get buffer overflows on VMS, try it with just the TCP/IP
> > license (called UCX for hysterical reasons), then setup IP
> > networking and ftp on VMS.
> >   
> 
> OK, thanks, I'll give it a try later today and report back. If anybody
> can tell me in simple terms, though, I would like to understand why
> the route of going via an ISO didn't work. Is it not possible to
> transfer text files to the VAX other than via cut-and-paste without
> the line endings getting mangled?
> 
> Brian.
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