[Info-vax] FreeAXP

[Steven Schweda]

> I am not having any luck with the VSI Alpha/OpenVMS
> v8.4.2L1 ISO images. [...]

   "not having any luck with" is not a particularly useful
problem description.

> [...] The *.ZIPEXE do not execute on an Alpha, [...]

   The UnZip self-extractor (UnZipSFX) is
architecture/OS-specific, so that's not amazing.

> [...] nor does my Windows UnZip like it. [...]

   I know nothing about your "my Windows UnZip", or how,
exactly, you determined whether that program did or did not
"like" anything.  As usual, showing actual actions (commands)
with their actual results (error messages, ...) can be more
helpful than vague descriptions or interpretations. 
Copy+paste is your friend.

> [...] However, my HPE Alpha/OpenVMS v7.3-2 UnZip on a a H/W
> Alpha can extract the ISO file with reported errors, [...]

   Which "reported errors"?  Anything beyond a warning about
"nnn extra bytes at beginning or within zipfile" would be
especially interesting.

> [...] but then the ISO file [...]

   ISO is a standards organization, not, in itself, a type of
disk image file.

      https://www.iso.org

> [...] is incompatible with my Win10 system that I would use
> to burn to a CD.

   Again, your conclusion of "incompatible", although
interesting, conveys no actual information about how you
reached it.  That is, what you did, or what happened when you
did it.

   VMS distribution media tend to contain some VMS-specific
file system, not always an ISO-9660 (or similar) file system. 
This can cause some optical-disc-writing programs to be
confused/dissatisfied, because they don't see what they
expect to see in such a disc image.  Interestingly, on a Mac,
the Finder's 'Burn Disk Image "XXX" to Disc...' option ("Burn
Disc") worked just fine for me.  On Windows, you may need to
find a program which is willing to burn whatever you tell it
to burn to a disc.

> What might I be doing wrong? [...]

   Ask someone who can see what you're doing?