[Simh] Transferring the licence file to the VAX emulator

[Dave L]

Likely the issue is that the *nix system presents the text file as  
stream-LF format which VMS won't understand as a standard text file which  
it would expect to be CR-LF terminated records. VMS convert utility would  
be able to fix that as already mentioned, tho you may need to tell it what  
record format you want on the output file, can't recall now (or use an FDL  
to define the output file format).

Alternatively you can just cut and paste from your host into the terminal  
session to get the initial licenses set up and go from there, either  
direct to the VMS prompt to action the commands or capture into a command  
file ("$ copy TT: license.com" might work, then ctrl/Z when finished).

HTH
Dave

On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:02:24 -0000, 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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