tower@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) (09/29/88)
Return-Path: <charles@hpcvca.hp.com> Path: mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!apple!voder!pyramid!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpcvca!charles From: charles@hpcvca.hp.com (Charles Brown) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: GNU Emacs binaries under VMS Date: 27 Sep 88 21:04:26 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon Apparently-To: emacs-netnews-distribution@prep.ai.mit.edu 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.