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

[Bob Koehler]

In article <43f944c4-7b92-42a9-acff-200ed10af00e at v2g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, jcwoman1963 at hotmail.com writes:
> 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?

   Something clobbered the file content.  I'd try putting it in some
   kind of container file and transmitting that.  I don't know kermit
   well enough anymore, but there might be something to switch between
   binary and text files.