[comp.emacs] GNU Emacs binaries under VMS

charles@hpcvca.HP.COM (Charles Brown) (09/28/88)

A while ago I posted a request for a place to get the binaries of GNU
emacs compiled on a VAX for VMS.  Several people suggested FTP sites.

First the good news:

GNU emacs 18.52 compiled for VMS is available on cc.utah.edu by
anonymous FTP.  Use user name "anonymous" and password "guest".  The
file is EMACS-18-52.BCK.  Also available and interesting is
GCC-BOOTSTRAP.BCK.

The bad news:

The BCK files under VMS are in 32256B blocks.  FTP under VMS can't
handle block sizes of greater than 512B blocks.

The good news:

The BCK files on cc.utah.edu have been converted to 512B blocks.
REBLOCK.FOR is available to convert them back.

So if you have a FORTRAN compiler you are in luck.  Unfortunately I
don't.  I would consider translating it to Pascal, (The only compiler
we have for our VAX is an anemic Pascal.) but I have been unable to
FTP the whole file.  In fact I don't even get close.  I get from 20KB
to 60KB transfered when my network connection breaks.  It looks like I
will be able to get a copy by a more primitive means (USNail) but I
would consider that source a one time deal.  So for those of you who
want it, I suggest you try cc.utah.edu (128.110.8.24).  I hope you
have a better connection than I do.
	Charles Brown		charles%hpcvca@hplabs.hp.com
Not representing my employer.