-----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic- bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic Sent: 05 June 2017 14:28 To: vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org Cc: VAXman@tmesis.org Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Found: VMS Hobbyist CDs
Dave Wade via vcf-midatlantic writes:
All the VMS Images I have, even the ones from Digital have ".iso" = extensions so I assume some software "barfs" at other extensions. When I = started playing with VMS images I assumed they were ISO but quickly = found out they are not, they are just block dumps of the filing system, = and I believe if you have a Linux system you can just DD them to a = partition and then mount under VMS. There is a vast collection of VAX = images at vaxhaven.com again all as ".iso" files...
From Digital, I'm assuming d|i|g|i|t|a|l as in Digital Equipment Corp? I don't recall DEC ever distributing anything with an ISO extension save for DECnet- ISO, later called 'phase V'.
Sorry I meant HP/COMPAQ. . The latest VMS distributions come as .ISO files. Dave