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Article #2192Re: NCR Tower - PC File exchange
From: Christopher D. Orr
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1990 15:46
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1990 15:46
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dar@nucleus.mi.org (Dario Alcocer) writes:
>Does anyone know how to transfer files between an NCR Tower machine
>running Unix and IBM PC-DOS file? I noticed that the Tower has
>a 5-1/4" floppy drive, but the only way I can write to it is via
>cpio redirected to /dev/fd0. After I do this, though, I can't read the disk
>on MS-DOS.
>Any suggestions?
There are two good possible solutions:
1) Get the PAX utility recently posted to the net (sources.misc I
think). It will accomplish exactly what you are trying to do (by
using floppies).
2) Connect your PC to the Tower and use a transfer protocol to
download the files. I use ZMODEM on both ends and it really flies.
This, to me, is much easier than using the diskette method.
--Chris
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!bridge2!jarthur!polyslo!vlsi3b15!lxn!chris From: chris@lxn.chi.il.us (Christopher D. Orr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: NCR Tower - PC File exchange Keywords: tower pc Message-ID: <1990Feb16.154651.4085@lxn.chi.il.us> Date: 16 Feb 90 15:46:51 GMT References: <5531@nucleus.mi.org> Organization: Applied Communications, Inc. Lines: 27