[Info-vax] Transferring file to VMS emulated in SIMH

[Bob Koehler]

In article <7de9ec1e-ba38-434f-a0da-618a81f0bd40 at googlegroups.com>, zibree at gmail.com writes:
> Maybe is better if I explain better:
> 
> What I have done:
> 
> RUN SIMH and installed VMS 5.5-2 from ISO CD.
> INSTALLED all HOBBYIST LICENSES
> 
> Now I wat to install system software like MULTINET (which I already acquire=
> d) and many others.
> 
> The problem:
> Incredibly enough nobody made a utility to transfer files from the host run=
> ning SIMH to the guest running VMS.
> 
> I then downloaded http://vms.process.com/ftp/tcpware/vms/unzip-vax.exe
> 
> Then I used https://github.com/simh/simtools/blob/master/converters/mksimta=
> pe/mksimtape.c
> 
> And I did:
> ./mksimtape unzip-vax.exe >unzip.tap
> 
> In VMS I mounted the tape with:
> $ mount/nolab MUA0:
> %MOUNT-I-WRITELOCK, volume is write locked
> %MOUNT-I-MOUNTED,  mounted on _MUA0:
> $ copy mua0:unzip.exe unzip.exe
> $ run unzip.exe
> %DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image UNZIP.EXE
> -CLI-E-IMGNAME, image file DUA0:[SYS0.][000000]UNZIP.EXE;2
> -IMGACT-F-IMG_SIZ, image header descriptor length is invalid
> 
> but the file seems to be there:
> 
> Dump of file SYS$SYSROOT:[000000]UNZIP.EXE;2 on 29-DEC-2018 11:35:20.69
> File ID (2339,22639,0)   End of file block 292 / Allocated 294
> 
> Virtual block number 1 (00000001), 512 (0200) bytes
> 
>  32300000 00000058 00440030 00A80200 ..=EF=BF=BD.0.D.X.....02 000000
>  0000FFFF FFFFFFFF FFFF0000 01013530 05.............. 000010
>  40000000 00001C9A A2CF0100 00280000 ..(...=CF=A2.......@ 000020
>  00000000 00000000 00000001 72000002 ...r............ 000030
>  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................ 000040
>  50495A4E 55050000 00000000 00000000 ...........UNZIP 000050
>  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................ 000060
>  00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................ 000070
>  00000000 00000000 00302E31 56040000 ...V1.0......... 000080
> 
> since VMS 5-5-2 is a clean install I have only MACRO assembler and not much=
>  more.
> 
> Any ideas? I think the solution is simple but I don't touch a "vax" since 3=
> 0 years... and I am not only rusty... I remember near to nothing :/