Pre-built binaries for VAX/VMS and VMS-specific packaging of the
NetHack sources are both available over the network, but not directly
from here due to disk space considerations.

     The (4) packages are available via anonymous ftp from host
uars.acd.ucar.edu (address 128.117.32.2) in directory [.SRC.NETHACK].
That host is also accessiblevia via DECnet on NSI/DECnet (formerly SPAN)
as node ACDURS:: (address 33.418 or 34210::) in SYS$LCL:[SRC.NETHACK].

     There is a "readme" file plus four large files, each containing a
BACKUP saveset packaged inside a VMS text library.  The text library file
contains binary data with fixed-length 512-byte records and has built-in
compression enabled.  Here are the 4 files, with their sizes listed.

                                                              size-in-blocks
                                                             library  saveset
  NETHACK-EXE.TLB       -- executable and data for VAX/VMS     2472    3528
  NETHACK-OBJ.TLB       -- compiled object modules             4513    5670
  NETHACK-SRC-VMS.TLB   -- sources used for VMS port + data    5389   10143
  NETHACK-SRC-OTHER.TLB -- additional sources (other ports)    4451    7434
                                                      total   16825   26775

     NETHACK.README describes the contents plus unpacking procedures.
No 3rd-party software is needed to unpack, but quite a bit of disk space
is required (during unpacking, the peak amount needed is the sum of the
library size plus twice the saveset size).  Generally only one of the
first three files is needed; building from the sources is recommended.

     The pre-compiled object files and the pre-built executable and
"playground" directory are for VAX/VMS.  NETHACK.EXE was linked under
VMS V5.5-2 and tested under V6.2.  The object files could be relinked
under older versions.  The sources can be unpacked and built as-is under
Alpha/VMS (aka OpenVMS AXP).