>From the link I posted <http://superuser.com/questions/307678/how-to-extract-files-from-msi-package>, Lessmsi <http://lessmsi.activescott.com/> seems to be a good solution. Requires a Windows system to run, but isn't going to be overwriting anything.
// Christian On 17 July 2015 at 15:41, Armistead, Jason BIS <jason.armist...@otis.com> wrote: > Surely it is possible to extract files from SETUP.MSI without running > the installer. Someone must have the tools to do this (either commercial > or freeware perhaps ?). > > > > Another alternative is to run a virtual Windows OS image inside something > like VirtualBox, thus avoiding any problems “destroying” your day-to-day > Windows host system (if you even have one). I you didn’t specify what > Windows version the rimh altairz80 emulator requires, so this may or may > not be possible. Other alternatives to VirtualBox might be something like > the Bochs IA-32 emulator. > > > > *From:* Simh [mailto:simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com] *On Behalf Of *Kevin > Handy > *Sent:* Thursday, 16 July 2015 8:50 PM > *To:* Dennis Boone > *Cc:* simh@trailing-edge.com > *Subject:* Re: [Simh] vector images > > > > Yes, they are there, in a file called "setup.msi", and nowhere else. > > So, as long as you ahve a windows machine that you don;t care if it > installs older file on top of newer ones, I had to re-install too many > windows systems because of this, and finding all of the right install > pckges, and figuring out the proprt order to reinstall them to get a > working system was always a pain. msi is the old install format that > comonly had this problem. > > However, I think I have come up with a painful, roundabout way to extract > the files, maybe. If not, I was just curious about its memory mapped video, > ans if the flexwriter emulation was useful enough to bother with. If this > doesn't work, I'll just have to give up on it. > > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Dennis Boone <d...@msu.edu> wrote: > > > Many companies builf computers that used this operating system, like > > the altair, imsai, osborne, kaypro, and vector graPhics to name a > > few. Many years later, the rimh altairz80 emulator was written with > > the abiliry ro emulate the vector graphic machines, but the only copy > > of the necessary config and disk images was wrapped up in a miceosoft > > install file called setup.msi. > > 1. Vector Graphic, no s. > > 2. Most of the stuff in the altairz80 kits is probably available from > vector-archive.org. > > De > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh >
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