[HECnet] Getting openvms going

[Bill Cunningham]

On 11/13/2019 5:28 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 2:10 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>> On 11/13/2019 3:56 PM, David Moylan wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> My solution was to install TCP/IP first and then FTP up the license file and
>> modify it on OpenVMS.
>>> This requires that I enter the licensing manually for UCX (and I
>>> usually do decnet at the same time, so DVNETEND, DVNETEXT, DVNETRTG)
>>> [I just copy/paste this part across.]
>>>
>>> Once I’ve got the license file on the OpenVMS machine (licensefile.com in
>> this example) I convert it using:
>>> $ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTE=(RFM=STM) licensefile.com $
>> CONVERT/FDL=SYS$INPUT
>>> licensefile.com newlicensefile.com
>>>       RECORD
>>>         FORMAT STREAM_LF
>>> <CTRL-Z>
>>>
>>> You can then run the new licensefile a la @newlicensefile.com
>>>
>>> Cheers, Wiz!!
>> It seems like I remember using mount, as in mount dua0 or the like.
> There are many ways to skin a cat.  Some of these ways have
> complicated steps and some have fewer.
>
> The latest simh has support to simplify the import of licenses,
> source code files and other data from the host system environment
> using:
>
> 	1) Extract the license files from the email you received
>                      and save them somewhere in your local file system
>                     (say Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT and Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-I64.TXT)
> 	2) Start the VAX simulator and enter this command:
> 		sim> ATTACH TQ -F ANSI-VMS Hobbyist-*
> 	3) Boot VMS and login on the console and then execute the following commands:
> 		$ MOUNT/OVER=ID MUA0:
> 		$ @MUA0:Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT
>
> The "HELP TQ ATTACH" command should help with more detail.
>
> - Mark


I tried "H tq att". Didn't work, humm I think I have 3.9. I will look 
for a newer version.

Bill