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Re: NCR Tower - PC File exchange

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From: Steve Hagan
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1990 19:13

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In article <5531@nucleus.mi.org> 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?
>

The command pcdsk(1) is used to read and write to a PC-DOS or MS-DOS 5-1/4"
floppy disk.  The floppy must already be formatted.  When writing to the
floppy, the date and time are not put into the directory.  Also, you must
run pcnodes with no parameters (superuser only) once before using pcdsk.

Stephen C. Hagan, Group Leader, Automation Engineering
NCR Corporation, Peripheral Products Division
 NCR:654-8130 <Steve.Hagan@Wichita.NCR.COM>
(316)636-8130 <uunet!ncrlnk!ncrwic!sfc!shagan>
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Stephen C. Hagan, Group Leader, Automation Engineering
NCR Corporation, Peripheral Products Division
 NCR:654-8130 <Steve.Hagan@Wichita.NCR.COM>
(316)636-8130 <uunet!ncrlnk!ncrwic!sfc!shagan>

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From: shagan@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM (Steve Hagan)
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Subject: Re: NCR Tower - PC File exchange
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Date: 16 Feb 90 19:13:31 GMT
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