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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: I need your help... hexify me!
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 15:45:02 GMT
To: kermit.misc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
In article <uvqp17.pl3.ln@rlyeh.srd.it>, <cthulhu@rlyeh.srd.it> wrote:
: Is there someone that would be so glad to hexify a kermit32.exe (VMS 5.3,
: MicroVAX 3400) and send it to me via email?
:
You don't need anyone to do this. You can find it, prehexified, at:
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/b/vmsmit.hex
Transfer in text mode.
: Just to let you know, the working MACRO source of hexify/dehexify I've found
: say, on top:
: ---
: .TITLE HEXIFY
: .SBTTL Stuart Hecht and Eric McQueen
: .LIBRARY /SYS$LIBRARY:STARLET/
: .LIBRARY /SYS$LIBRARY:LIB/
: .IDENT /1.1.00/
: ---
: You know, I'm start thinking that each version of hexify avaliable on the
: net has a different output format.
:
VMSHEX format (as produced by this program) is not a simple conversion to
hex digits of the file contents. It is a way to encode *any* VMS file
at all in such a way that dehexifying it with the companion dehexifier
program will restore it to its original form, RMS attributes and all. So
you can use these programs to hexify not only featureless executables, but
also BACKUP savesets, indexed files, you name it.
This is similar to C-Kermit's Labeled File format and to VMS ZIP with its
-V option or whatever it is, except the result is (a) printable, and (b)
has short (< 80 char) records, and so can pass through the most restrictive
transports, e.g. BITNET mail.
The VMSHEX and VMSDEH programs are at:
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/b/vmshex.*
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/b/vmsdeh.*
Transfer in text mode. Then:
macro vmsdeh
link vmsdeh
run vmsdeh
and at the prompt, type "vmsmit.hex" to make it dehexify the Kermit-32
executable. Then use Kermit-32 to transfer VMS C-Kermit into your system
and you're all set.
- Frank