[Info-vax] Vax zip.exe that won't run on a particular computer

[Bob Gezelter]

On Oct 6, 1:06 pm, jcwoman1... at hotmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>    I have two Vaxes, the hardware isn't identical, but they're both
> running VMS 6.2.   On my machine, the zip.exe works fine.  I kermitted
> it to the other machine, made sure that it's file format stayed
> correct so that it's runnable.  (Fixed, 512, etc)   When I try to run
> it on the other computer I get this error:
>
> %system-f-roprand, reserved operand fault at pc=..... etc
> %trace-f-traceback, symbolic stack dump follows
> %trace-i-nocalls, no active call frame
>
>   Can I fix the file so that it works, or is it hosed?   Unfortunately
> access to this machine is limited to a 2400-baud dialup modem, so it's
> hard to get things off the internet over to it.  I can't think of what
> causes the very same file to work on my machine but not this other
> one.  Ideas?

jcwoman,

To confirm that the file is intact, try "round-tripping" it back to
the original machine albeit with a different name. Then use
DIFFERENCES to compare the two files (they should match).

Remember that executable images are not inherently complete. All use
the RTL. Have you checked if the list of patches differs on the two
machines?

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com