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[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2022-09-19 kl. 07:16, skrev Steven Schweda:
>> Not having some unique VMS record format that just becomes
>> a mess if tried to be read on some other system.
> 
>     So far as I know, "some unique VMS record format" is not needed.
> Which part of the following was unclear?:
> 
>>     Who says that "a Windows compatilble file" can't also be naturally
>> VMS-compatible?  If you fetch any of the software kits from
>> antinode.info, do you have any trouble reading the text files in them on
>> a Windows system?
> 

I was talkning about readme files and source code from VMS kits in
general. I have no idea what the antinode files specifically look like.

Of course usual CR/LF or CR delimted files are usually OK.
But VMS variable records (with that length paramater at the start)
usually just becomes a mess on Windows.



> 
>> Funny, I had no problem unzipping it or looking at the contents.
> 
>     Thanks for that clear, precise description of exactly what you did.