Zane Healy wrote: > On May 17, 2021, at 1:54 PM, Malte Dehling <mdehl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 12:46:31PM -0700, Zane Healy wrote: >>>> On May 16, 2021, at 5:51 AM, Malte Dehling via cctalk >>>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>>> I have now generated a contents listing for the CONOLD CDs: >>>> >>>> https://archive.org/details/vms-conold-1989-03 >>>> https://archive.org/details/vms-conold-1989-07 >>> >>> Did you read these on a VAX? I’m trying to use MGBOOK (based on >>> VTBOOK), to read the files from >>> CDROM-AG-NC67C-RE-1989-07-VMS-CONOLD.iso. I’m on a system running >>> VAX/VMS 5.5-2, and I am able to read the DECW$BOOKSHELF files, but not >>> the DECW$BOOK files. >>> >>> I’m able to read the Bookreader documentation installed with VAX/VMS >>> 5.5-2 just fine using MGBOOK. >> >> I just did a TYPE *.DECW$BOOKSHELF in a simulated vax and wrote a little >> python script to generate the contents listing. >> >> I don't know MGBOOK, so I can't help you there. On my VAXstation 3100 >> running VMS 5.5-2, I can read the documentation using the standard >> DECW$BOOKREADER application after doing: >> >> DEFINE/SYSTEM DECW$BOOK DKA400:[DECW$BOOK] > > Thanks! Knowing that helps. I don’t have a monitor on any of my > VAXstations, so couldn’t try that. >
Zane, How about redirecting DECW$BOOKREADER to display on an X server elsewhere? $ SET DISPLAY /NODE=domain.name /TRANSPORT=TCPIP /CREATE $ MCR DECW$BOOKREADER Regards, Peter Coghlan > > Zane >
