[Info-vax] InfoServer 150

[Mark DeArman]

On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:20:11 -0500, Bill Gunshannon wrote:

> (snip)
> 
> 
> Another data point....
> 
> I ran all the diagnostics on the Infoserver and if the results are to be
> accepted it passed with flying colors.  So I guess I can eliinate
> hardware as the problem.  Don;t know what to do next.
> 
> bill

I'm trying a closer approximation to your steps right now.
I'm unpacking the infozip.zip on VMS7.3 VAX under simh,
with Unzip 6.0.  

I also recall, there were some problems with
the pre-5.5 versions unpacking newer (PC) Zip archive versions.
Although I typically saw that fail out as a checksum issue during 
decompression on the VAX.

I'll then use Bin mode FTP to move the img file back onto the PC and 
compare the binaries.  Otherwise, I'll assume its just an issue with the 
older CD Drive.  It is not like I haven't seen that before.

I am kind of interested in the issue here, as I was thinking I might want 
to restore some VAX hardware in the future.

Steps:

1) On rx2620 VMS8.4 
wget https://www.digiater.nl/openvms/freeware/v80/infoserver/infoserver.zip

2) Use ftp mode Image, move to Simh

3) Use Unzip 6.0 to decompress

4) set file /attrib=(rat:none, rfm:fix, lrl:512) AG-R7LFA-BS.IMG

5) ftp mode image back to PC

Files are identical.  CRC32 F8E5A32A

Mark