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

[jcwoman1963 at hotmail.com]

On Oct 7, 10:43 am, Steven Schweda <sms.antin... at gmail.com> wrote:
> jcwoman1... at hotmail.com wrote:
> > $ run zip
> > %dcl-w-actimage, error activating image cma$tis_shr
> > -cli-e-imgname, image file $1$dia4:[sys0.syscommon.][syslib]cma
> > $tis_shr.exe
> > -system-f-shridmismat, ident mismatch with shareable image
>
>    Ok.  _That_ is the kind of problem which a patch (ACRTL?)
> could fix.  If you can find a Zip executable which was built
> on an older VMS version, then you might be able to get that to
> work.  This seems to offer some pretty old stuff:
>
>      ftp://ftp.process.com/vms-freeware/fileserv/zip.zip
>
> It has a "zip30/vms-binaries/vax542_vaxc/" directory, and that
> should be obsolete enough for almost anyone.  You may need to
> transport the .OBJ/.OLB stuff, and link it on the target
> system.
>
>    If you get desperate and need a pre-linked executable, I
> could probably fire up a V5.5-2 system, and make something
> obsolete there.

Lol, I love your language.  I agree, obsolete....  this system is
physically falling apart, out of maintenance, and we're scrambling to
get the Integrity in place before it completely dies.   Fun stuff.   I
got this zip, and will give it a try.  Thanks!  I'll let you know if
it works, or if not to ask you to try to link it for me.