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> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:08:39 -0400
> From: Douglas Taylor <dj.tayl...@comcast.net>
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> Subject: VAX file format conversion
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> 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?
>
> Doug
When this happens to me, I make use of one of the quirks of the TECO text
editor on VMS which writes out text files (variable-length, carriage
return carriage
control).
VAX $ directory /full hobbyist*.txt
Directory D_0:[SYSTEM]
HOBBYIST-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT;1 File ID: (4986,7,0)
Size: 156/156 Owner: [SYSTEM]
Created: 16-AUG-2016 09:48:01.12
Revised: 16-AUG-2016 09:48:01.24 (1)
Expires: <None specified>
Backup: <No backup recorded>
File organization: Sequential
File attributes: Allocation: 156, Extend: 0, Global buffer count: 0
No version limit
Record format: Fixed length 512 byte records
Record attributes: None
RMS attributes: None
Journaling enabled: None
File protection: System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RE, World:RE
Access Cntrl List: None
Total of 1 file, 156/156 blocks.
VAX $ edit/teco hobbyist-use-only-va.txt
*n[End of File]$l512kex$$
[ TECO prompts with an asterisk, the license file has a line with the
text "[End of File]"
at the end - so non-stop search "n" for it - $ is the <ESC> key or
<CTRL-[>, advance
to the next line (lowercase L "l"), then kill any remaining lines and
<NUL> characters
that pad the last block, and exit]
VAX $ directory /full hobbyist*.txt;
Directory D_0:[SYSTEM]
HOBBYIST-USE-ONLY-VA.TXT;2 File ID: (5006,105,0)
Size: 158/159 Owner: [SYSTEM]
Created: 16-AUG-2016 09:52:43.98
Revised: 16-AUG-2016 09:52:57.44 (1)
Expires: <None specified>
Backup: <No backup recorded>
File organization: Sequential
File attributes: Allocation: 159, Extend: 0, Global buffer count: 0
No version limit
Record format: Variable length, maximum 92 bytes
Record attributes: Carriage return carriage control
RMS attributes: None
Journaling enabled: None
File protection: System:RWED, Owner:RWED, Group:RE, World:RE
Access Cntrl List: None
Total of 1 file, 158/159 blocks.
--
Tony Nicholson <tony.nichol...@computer.org>
