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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-12-02, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> 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*.*;*
>

$ delete/erase woould be better.

It's nonsense like this that gives the hobbyist community a bad name.

Simon.

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