Reading a VMS CD-ROM for SIMH under Windows?

--- Kevin Handy <kth(a)srv.net> wrote: This is harder than it normally would be - all he has to work with is a laptop running XP with no way to burn CD-Rs where he is (at a customer site). There is no way any of this will make him see the light about Linux or UNIX or anything... he's an HP Customer Engineer on assignment with a company laptop and a Digital Personal Alpha Workstation (VMS) by his desk (no CD-R drive). All I wanted was a way with nothing but Windows to read a VMS distro disc. I am now firmly convinced that no such thing is possible without buying *some* piece of software. As I said when I started... I know how to do it with UNIX. He doesn't have it and isn't likely to get it given his situation. The point is somewhat moot now, because he's on a different site starting Monday in a different town, and I won't be able to help him as easily. I suppose I can drop a disc in my SS5 and spin off the contents with dd and shoot him a copy in the mail, but that wasn't the point of the original question. I wanted to know how to do it with the resources *he* has, where he is, far away from home. Thanks, -ethan