On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 1:26 PM, emanuel stiebler <e...@e-bbes.com> wrote:
> On 2016-08-11 14:08, Douglas Taylor wrote: > >> I have a MicroVax 4000 that I am trying to update the license PAKs on, >> the last time I had valid PAKs on this machine was in 2002 (Hobbyist >> Licenses). >> >> I registered and have received the new Hobbyist License PAKs. >> >> I connected a laptop and transferred the text file using C-Kermit on the >> VAX and hyperterminal on the laptop. >> >> When I go to execute the file, I get an error: >> >> $@hobbyist-use-only-va.txt >> >> %RMS-W-RTB 512 bye record to large for user buffer >> >> It appears that when the file was transferred it showed up on the vax >> with fixed length records of 512 bytes, not variable length. >> >> Can I convert the file on the VAX? >> >> Is there a setting for C-Kermit that I need to change? >> >> Is Hyperterminal screwing things up? >> > > I usually just send it a textfile, so open the editor, put it in input > mode, download the file, save it. Don't forget, to make a dealy after every > <CR> ... > > I've always just set the terminal emulator to a slow per-character rate and pushed it into the console. As long as VMS can process each line before the next one starts, you should be golden. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
