[Info-vax] openvms licensing

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On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:58:37 -0600
Kevin Monceaux via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 04:37:39PM +0100, hb via Info-vax wrote:
>  
> > For (simh) hobbyists it seems to be more convenient (should I say
> > simpler?) if there would be an option to have the file with paks, the
> > command procedure, shipped in a container file aka Logical Disk File.
> 
> Much easier.  It's also easy enough to create a "container" file with them
> in it.  A CDROM ISO image file can work wonders.  The last time I received
> new license files I stuck them in a directory, created an ISO image 

The commands for this step were not shown here. Non-trivial for the "I
can't copy/paste" crowd.

> of the
> files in that directory, added an entry like:
> 
>     attach -r rq3 /home/dokpm0/OpenVMS/Licenses.iso
> 
> to my SIMH VAX config file.  RQ3 was previously set as a CDROM drive with:
> 
>     set rq3 cdrom
> 
> Then after booting OpenVMS in SIMH I mounted the CDROM, copied the license
> files to my hard drive, then used:
> 
>     set file/attr=rfm:stmlf Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.com
> 
>     set file/attr=rfm:stmlf TCPWare.com
> 
> to compensate for them being files copied from a Linux system.  Then:
> 
>     @Hobbyist-USE-ONLY-VA.com
> 
>     @TCPWare.com
> 
> was all that was needed to load the licenses.  It was the first time I
> tried that technique, and it was much easier than the way I used to do
> it.  

How is that even possible? Did you use to type them in manually? ;-)

> 
> 

My procedure is basically 3 steps.

1. view the pak in my email client or text editor on the host, hit ctrl-a to
select all, ctrl-c to copy it

2. edit newlic.com or similar on the VMS machine, ctrl-v to paste the data,
ctrl-z to save. 

3. @newlic

Try as I might I just cannot see how expecting somebody who can't even
copy/paste to go through the gyrations to create and use a container file is
even a discussion. Actually I can't even see the usefulness of doing that
at all given regardless of whether you can or not when copy/paste is so
much simpler, faster, and direct.