[Info-vax] Write Alpha kits on Windows PC for OpenVMS

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2019-11-07 kl. 12:15, skrev Hans Bachner:
> Jan-Erik Söderholm schrieb am 07.11.2019 um 01:02:
>> Den 2019-11-06 kl. 23:28, skrev David Gray:
>>> Hi,
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> VMS84A_DCL-V0200.TXT
>>> VMS84A_DCL-V0200.ZIPEXE
>>> VMS84A_MANAGE-V0200.ZIPEXE
>>> VMS84A_PCSI-V0400.ZIPEXE
>>> VMS84A_UPDATE-V1200.TXT
>>>
>>
>> No no no... Those files are *patches* that are ment to be installed
>> to an already installed OpenVMS system. That are *not* build to be
>> copied to a CD, at least no to make a bootable CD.
>>
>> You need to download the base operating system also.
>> Probably either a ZIP or a ISO.
>>
>> Not an ZIPEXE since they are OpenVMS EXE files and are meant to
>> be executed *on* the OpenVMS system for an automatic un-pack.
>> [...]
> 
> On Windows, at least 7zip and WinRAR will unpack an OpenVMS .zipexe file 
> just fine.
> 
> Hans.

Yes, but why bother? These are *patches* and they need a running OpenVMS
system to install them on anyway, so why not simply unpack the kits there?

I think all these "thay can be unpacked on other places" posts are just 
silly...

And again, they can *not* be used to produce any kind of bootable CD.