[Info-vax] portable sequential file formats (was: Re: Couple of questions on VMS -> world)

[William Pechter]

In article <mci26d$h4h$1 at dont-email.me>,
Stephen Hoffman  <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>On 2015-02-23 13:46:10 +0000, lists at openmailbox.org said:
>
>> Is it possible to read a VMS-format CD ISO on Linux/UNIX?
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><http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/168#comment-140>
><http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/267>
><http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/209>

>
>That's probably The Hard Way, inferring (much) from your posting.
>
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><http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/302>
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Easy way to do it it to make a small SIMH VAX/VMS instance on Linux
or Windows to allow OpenVMS access to the files without going to fire
up the old 8650 in the basement.  Although, in the snow on the east coast
the excess heat may be redirected for driveway clearance via fans
and ducting...

I'm thinking about packaging an Ubuntu derived DVD iso/USB img
with portable prebuilt images for CP/M, RT11, VMS etc... as kind of a
fun project.

BTW -- I couldn't afford the 8650 power in NJ.  Just have a Vaxstation here
that's powered down and is currently a laser printer stand for a 1986 
vintage laser printer.

I mean to get rid of them both soon if I could find someone to take them 
off my hands besides a landfill.


Bill
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