[HECnet] simh vax version

[Johnny Billquist]

Before doing anything else - copy the file over to disk before trying to 
execute it.

Second question would then be to ask that you dump the first block of 
the file, so we can see that the content are as expected...

   Johnny

On 2019-11-16 19:39, Ray Jewhurst wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 1) I simply downloaded the file from the email using Firefox.
> 2) Yes I was able to edit it.
> 3) Here is all my output including the mount, DIR MUA0:/FULL output, and 
> my attempt at running the script itself
> 
> $
> Simulation stopped, PC: 9E55993A (MOVAL 9E5606B0[R0],R5)
> sim> ATTACH TQ -VF ANSI-VMS Hobbyist-*
> HOBBYIST-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT
> 45 blocks of data
> Tape Image made from 'Hobbyist-*' scanned as ANSI-VMS format.
> contains 92880 bytes of tape data (54 records, 4 tapemarks)
> sim> c
> 
> $ mount/over=id mua0:
> %MOUNT-I-WRITELOCK, volume is write locked
> %MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, SIMH mounted on _TEST$MUA0:
> $
> $ dir mua0:/full
> 
> Directory MUA0:[]
> 
> HOBBYIST-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT;1                File ID:  (1,1,1)
> Size:           45/45         Owner:    [SYSTEM]
> Created:   14-NOV-2019 00:00:00.00
> Revised:   <None specified>
> Expires:   <None specified>
> Backup:    <No backup recorded>
> Effective: <None specified>
> Recording: <None specified>
> File organization:  Sequential
> Shelved state:      Online
> Caching attribute:  Writethrough
> File attributes:    Allocation: 45, Extend: 0, Global buffer count: 0, 
> Version limit: 0
> Record format:      Stream, maximum 512 bytes, longest 512 bytes
> Record attributes:  Carriage return carriage control, Non-spanned
> RMS attributes:     None
> Journaling enabled: None
> File protection:    System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RWED, World:RWED
> Access Cntrl List:  None
> Client attributes:  None
> 
> HOBBYIST-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT;1                File ID:  (1,1,1)
> Size:           45/45         Owner:    [SYSTEM]
> Created:   14-NOV-2019 00:00:00.00
> Revised:   <None specified>
> Expires:   <None specified>
> Backup:    <No backup recorded>
> Effective: <None specified>
> Recording: <None specified>
> File organization:  Sequential
> Shelved state:      Online
> Caching attribute:  Writethrough
> File attributes:    Allocation: 45, Extend: 0, Global buffer count: 0, 
> Version limit: 0
> Record format:      Stream, maximum 512 bytes, longest 512 bytes
> Record attributes:  Carriage return carriage control, Non-spanned
> RMS attributes:     None
> Journaling enabled: None
> File protection:    System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RWED, World:RWED
> Access Cntrl List:  None
> Client attributes:  None
> 
> Total of 2 files, 90/90 blocks.
> $ @mua0:Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT
> %DCL-E-INVIFNEST, invalid IF-THEN-ELSE nesting structure or data 
> inconsistency
> %DCL-E-INVIFNEST, invalid IF-THEN-ELSE nesting structure or data 
> inconsistency
> These PAKs are for VAX / Alpha Servers only.
> $
> 
> Now I did notice that it dir'ed as two files.  Is that normal?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ray
> 
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 10:01 PM Mark Pizzolato <Mark at infocomm.com 
> <mailto:Mark at infocomm.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Ray,____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     You didn’t include everything you did to get this far, so I ask the
>     following:____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     __1)__How did you get the Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXTfile on to the
>     host system from whatever email you may have received?____
> 
>     __2)__Were you able to edit the Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXTfile on the
>     host system as a normal file before you attached it with the “ATTACH
>     TQ -F ANSI-VMS Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT” command?____
> 
>     __3)__What is produced under VMS if you enter: ____
> 
>     $ DIR MUA0:/FULL____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     __-__Mark____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     *From:*owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE>
>     [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
>     <mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE>] *On Behalf Of *Ray Jewhurst
>     *Sent:* Friday, November 15, 2019 4:03 PM
>     *To:* hecnet at update.uu.se <mailto:hecnet at update.uu.se>
>     *Subject:* Re: [HECnet] simh vax version____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     I got everything hooked up but this is what it does when I run the
>     script:____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     $ @mua0:Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT
>     %DCL-E-INVIFNEST, invalid IF-THEN-ELSE nesting structure or data
>     inconsistency
>     %DCL-E-INVIFNEST, invalid IF-THEN-ELSE nesting structure or data
>     inconsistency
>     These PAKs are for VAX / Alpha Servers only.____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     The cutting and pasting method is working with this file though.____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     Thanks____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     Ray____
> 
>     __ __
> 
>     On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 5:39 PM Bill Cunningham
>     <bill.cu at suddenlink.net <mailto:bill.cu at suddenlink.net>> wrote:____
> 
> 
>         On 11/15/2019 3:13 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote:
>          > Hi Bill,
>          >
>          > I have no idea what you are actually typing, but this is a
>         session I
>          > just did on my Android phone (Linux):
>          >
>          > Note that the -v switch for tape attaches gets it to be
>         verbose about
>          > what is going on under the covers.
>          >
>          > ...
>          > Tape Image made from 'sim*' scanned as ANSI-VMS
>          > format.
>          > contains 2181744 bytes of tape data (1245 record
>          > s, 94 tapemarks)
>          >
>         Humm. I  saw something like this. Do you need the exact word?
>         Sure no
>         problem. But it was something like this, "scanned as simh file (or
>         format). contains 0 bytes of tape data 0 records 0 tapemarks. "
>         And no
>         tape available.
> 
>         Does that help? I can dig it right up, If I can remember how to
>         do it,
>         lol. And I will.
> 
>         Bill
> 
>         ____
> 


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