[Info-vax] FreeAXP

[richard...@gmail.com]

On Monday, August 17, 2020 at 1:39:36 PM UTC-5, Chris Townley wrote:
> On Monday, August 17, 2020 at 3:01:12 PM UTC+1, El SysMan wrote: 
> > четверг, 13 августа 2020 г. в 01:54:10 UTC+3,
> > Deploying of an Alpha/VMS instance on FreeAXP simple as write sys$output "Hello VMS micro-World!". 
> > Just try, u will be a winner in this task in 10 minutes.
> I am familiar with VMS, and have been running FreeAXP for over 3 years - I was worried about the configuration change upgrading to v4 
> 
> However I had a swift response on the freeAXP forum, and now running the new version - with both HP VMS 8.3 and now VSI VMS V8.4-2L1 - impressed so far... 
> 
> Next to consider my physical alpha... 
> 
> Chris

I am not having any luck with the VSI Alpha/OpenVMS v8.4.2L1 ISO images. The *.ZIPEXE do not execute on an Alpha, nor does my Windows UnZip like it. However, my HPE Alpha/OpenVMS v7.3-2 UnZip on a a H/W Alpha can extract the ISO file with reported errors, but then the ISO file is incompatible with my Win10 system that I would use to burn to a CD. 

BUT, the same VSI site with the VSI Alpha/OpenVMS v8.4-2L1 ALPHA0842L1DOC.ZIPEXE does work and produces a working ISO file that can be burned by Win10.

What might I be doing wrong? Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Rick