[Info-vax] VAXStation 3100

[David Wade]

On 20/01/2019 09:35, Wilm Boerhout wrote:
> David Wade schreef op 19-1-2019 om 11:34:
>>
>> Sending the licence file is a PITA. I think I sent it with HyperTerm 
>> (it can be hacked so it "sort of" works on later windows) and set a 
>> long delay at the end of each line to be sent
>>
>> Sadly PUTTY can not do that, although several folks have requested it.
>>
>> Dave
> 
> I run my simh instances on Raspbian (Raspberry Pi). I access them with 
> PuTTY on my Windows laptop. Whenever I first need to send a (hobbyist) 
> license file, the following has alwas worked for me.
> 
> 1. Configure the simh console as a listening port
>      SET CONSOLE TELNET=20003
>      SET CONSOLE BUFFERED
> 
> 2. Connect (Putty) to your simh host, port 20003 and log in to VMS
> 
> 3. Open in Windows Notepad the license text file, and put it in the 
> paste buffer (CTRL/A, CTRL/C)
> 
> 4. On VMS, start the TPU editor on a new (.COM) file
> 
> 5. Paste into the empty TPU screen.
> 
> Other editors did not always work. Apparently, TPU-generated  I/O is 
> slightly different, and allows input of large text files.
> 
> /Wilm
> 

For an emulated VAX there is no problem getting the licence file across. 
You can easily put it on an ISO disk, or copy it as you say.

The issue here was that it was a real VAX so no buffered console option...

Dave