[HECnet] Bringing up a MicroVAX 3100-80

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 3/30/2020 10:59 PM, Ray Jewhurst wrote:
> I haven't tried burning but I used p7z through File Roller on a Linux Mint system. I have only used it as an image on Simh. I am not at my computer tonight but if you need it tomorrow I can get you a checksum on the unzipped image.
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> Ray


Okay. Maybe it's a difference between Linux and macOOS.  I downloaded the file from WInWorldPC.  The actual file came from someone named "Ricky" in Germany.  The file downloaded was "DEC VMS 5.5-2H4 (Jul 1993) [VAX] (ISO).7z"  I ran it through "TheUnarchiver" and it produced a folder with two files.  A txt file and "VMS 552h4 VAX.iso". I tried burning that ISO file but then I get the disk image is invalid error.

I'll have to get a copy of SimH running on my Mac and see it it can read the ISO.

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> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 11:53 PM John H. Reinhardt <johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org <mailto:johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org>> wrote:
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>     On 3/30/2020 10:46 PM, Ray Jewhurst wrote:
>     > I have tried both the VAXHaven and WinWorldPC copies of 5.5-2H4 and I tend to agree that the VAXHaven one is corrupted (at least it's never worked for me). But the WinWorldPC copy works great. Also, corrupt is the MicroVMS 4.7 TK50 image on VAXHaven.
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>     > Ray
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>     The file I got from WinWorldPC came as a ".7z" archive.  and I unpacked it with "TheUnarchiver".  Does that match what you did? The file I get from that always gets the "Could not burn "VMS 552h4 VAX.iso". The disk image is invalid." error from the Mac disk burn software.
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>     Did you do something differently?
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>     Thanks.
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>     John H. Reinhardt
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