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Article #10936Re: Files from Sun to a Mac
From: Fiona Elizabeth THORNE
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 01:19
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 01:19
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In article <15040@ector.cs.purdue.edu> krk@jacobi.cs.purdue.edu (Kevin Kuehl) writes: >I have ftp'ed some files from sumex-aim that I want to transfer to my >Mac. I have them on a SPARC IPC with a floppy and I would like to save >them to a floppy that my Mac can read and write. > >What would be the best way to do this? Don't say download them with a >modem. I have about 20 Meg and don't want to spend days downloading. > Get suntar (was posted in the binaries section on the net a few weeks ago). Format a floppy on your Sun (I use fdformat command) then use tar to dump the mac files onto the disc. Go to your Mac, run suntar and this will extract the tar archive. Happy tarring, Fiona Thorne.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!samsung!munnari.oz.au!metro!macuni!ipc02!s8825443 From: s8825443@ipc02.mqcs.mq.oz.au (Fiona Elizabeth THORNE) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Files from Sun to a Mac Message-ID: <1054@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> Date: 19 Jun 91 01:19:52 GMT References: <15040@ector.cs.purdue.edu> Sender: news@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz Organization: Macquarie University, School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics Lines: 16