[Info-vax] vmstailor

[Bill Cunningham]

"Steven Schweda" <sms.antinode at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:66b274bd-a440-48a3-b40a-46b4ccb06507 at googlegroups.com...
>>     Ok I will chek into the PCSI thing. I guress it's free
>> and maybe the guy that let me get opemvms73.iso has it.
>> That's the only file I got.
>
>   PCSI = POLYCENTER Software Installation (Utility)
>
>      HELP PRODUCT
>
> It's part of VMS, newer than VMSINSTAL, and, generally, used
> by more recently developed products.  It's one of the
> installation tools, not any particular product kit.
>
>   You should mount the CD image, and explore a little, with
> an eye open for things with "UCX" in their names.  (Or
> "TCPIP", but, on a VAX, I'd expect "UCX", still.  "UCX" is
> short for the "VMS-ULTRIX Connection", the original product
> title, as the original idea was to suggest a way to connect
> VMS systems to Ultrix systems.)
>
>   Note that ISO is a standards organization
>      http://www.iso.org/iso/home.html
> not an optical disc file system format.  ISO 9660, a
> particular ISO standard, describes an optical disc file
> system format.

    Yes but it seems that when talking about "container" formats for CD and 
DVD R/RWs people say "ISO" in pertaining to 9660.

>   And, in case it's not obvious, VMSINSTAL.COM is spelled
> with one "L" because it dates back to a time when file names
> on VMS were limited to 9.3 characters.  It's been a while,
> but changing the name (when longer file names became
> available) would have caused more trouble than having to say
> 'one "L"' repeatedly over the years.  Or so it was thought.
> Around there:
>
> ALP $ show symbol vmsin*
>  VMSINS*TALL == "@ SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL.COM"

    ANd it just wouldn't be right. It's about our computer history. Not 
changing everything. I have also heard HP is doing away with the 
d|i|g|i|t|a|l logo. What a shame. It won't go over.

> So I can say "VMSINSTAL" or "VMSINSTALL" without needing to
> use the "@", or to remember that it's in SYS$UPDATE.