[Info-vax] VLF Notes: VMware ESXi for VSI/VMS hobbyists

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/2/2024 7:56 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:16:09 +1100, Subcommandante XDelta wrote:
>> We do regret not releasing the LMFgen in the proper, and fitting,
>> manner which was originally intended, back in 2012 - as BLISS, and
>> VAXC, full source code - also compiled for VAX and AXP, and designed
>> for integration as DCL Verbs. We also intended to write the LMFgen as
>> a DCL Command Script, so that it was comprehensible to any VMS person
>> - DCL is capable of great elegance - the joys of lexical discourse!
> 
> I got hold of that C code, which looked to me like some kind of straight
> transliteration of a disassembly of VAX code straight into C. I did try to
> clean it up a bit and make it easier to understand what was going on. I
> also did a Python version, which added more features.
> 
> Should I make that available somewhere?

Maybe:

$ del [...]*lmfgen*.*;*
$ del [...]*pakgen*.*;*
$ del [...]*all_other_tools_intended_for_license_violation*.*;*

>> Note: IPFS downloads (at least on Windows) can lose file extensions -
>> simply tack ".rar" to the end of the downloaded file.
> 
> Fun fact: every time I’ve extracted a .rar file and reencoded it as .7z,
> the .7z version was smaller.

LZMA is better than LZSS.

Arne