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> 
> 1) The best way to get software from a SysV unisoft machine to
>    a ST
> 
> I have the developers kit on order. I do not have kermit on the Unix box.
> I do not have xmodem on the Unix box. I am interested in the cheap and
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You might, if you have not already done so, check that xmodem
is called umodem, as it is under BSD4.2.
Mike

In article <2147@hplabs.UUCP> rodrique@hplabs.UUCP (Mike Rodriquez) writes:

>You might, if you have not already done so, check that xmodem
>is called umodem, as it is under BSD4.2.
>Mike


What on earth are you saying?

1. There is no "standard" xmodem utility on 4.2.

2. I have about 4 different xmodem utilities running on 4.2 on our
   VAX, and only 1 of them is called "umodem". The names of the others
   all can be traced to "xmodem" in their spelling.

3. The truth then is the following:
	On your machine someone has installed "umodem", a utility which
	provides xmodem file transfer (with a couple of goodies). On
	other machines this may not be the case: on another (4.2) system
	it may be called "xmodrec" and "xmodtran", or "sb" and "rb"...

4. For file transfer with the ST I find that "xmodrec" and "xmodtran"
   (posted to the net a while ago) work fine with "sttalk". I could send
   the programs to anyone who asks.
-- 

					Mark Galassi
				...!tektronix!reed!rosalia

{ these opinions are mine and should be everybody else's :-) }

In the hope that I can get a straight answer, or *something* 
approaching it...

I assume, from Erik Freed's postings ("our office just received 6
1040's") that on the west coast, there seems to be little
trouble in getting 1040's.  I've been waiting since early February
(when the machine was announced) with my name on my dealer's list.  I
read all about the arrival of the first shipment (yes, yes, by way of
the Phillipines, I know all about that...), but still, to this day,
neither my dealer, Data Control Systems of Cayce, SC, nor his "authorized
distributor", Allison-Erwin Co. of Charlotte, NC, have even SEEN a 1040,
much less sold one.  Yes, the orders are stacking up, but all we get is
"two more weeks... two more weeks... two more weeks... two more weeks".

Why the relative abundance of machines out west?  And *NOTHING* out here?
My dealer's experiencing a marked slowdown of 520ST orders because
people are holding out for 1040's and he can't get them!  He can't
even get any TOS ROMs to upgrade the machines he has sold!  It's
possible that the distributor is using many of the ROM sets for
his own field upgrades, but my dealer has even sent a direct
order to Atari Corp. for ROMs.  It's been 3 weeks since he did that,
and still nothing.  Meanwhile, a customer of his called Atari to
gripe and they sent him a set of ROMs pronto...

I'm hearing rumors that Atari is trying to get dealers to order direct
from them now and that to speed the process, they're *deliberately
starving* the distributors out here who are crying for machines.  That
plan doesn't sit too well with my dealer, especially the "$3000
minimum order" that Atari enforces for direct orders...
 
I'm hoping that there isn't any truth to rumors like that.  But when
you've been waiting a few months, you begin to think "Well, maybe 
they *are* true, judging from current events..."

What do you say?  I'd sure appreciate some answers, Neil.

Steve Wingard

In article <2277@ncrcae.UUCP>, wingard@ncrcae.UUCP (wingard) writes:
> I've been waiting since early February
> (when the machine was announced) with my name on my dealer's list.  I
> read all about the arrival of the first shipment (yes, yes, by way of
> the Phillipines, I know all about that...), but still, to this day,
> neither my dealer, Data Control Systems of Cayce, SC, nor his "authorized
> distributor", Allison-Erwin Co. of Charlotte, NC, have even SEEN a 1040,
> much less sold one.  Yes, the orders are stacking up, but all we get is
> "two more weeks... two more weeks... two more weeks... two more weeks".
> 
> ...my dealer has even sent a direct
> order to Atari Corp. for ROMs.  It's been 3 weeks since he did that,
> and still nothing.  Meanwhile, a customer of his called Atari to
> gripe and they sent him a set of ROMs pronto...

The truth is, Allison-Erwin is no longer an Atari distributor.  They were
in "limbo" for a short while, during which time we were evaluating the
relationship with each other.  They never received 1040ST's during this
period, and will not receive any.  The dealer in question should either
contact the local rep or a different distributor.

The ROMs are currently out of stock, with a shipment on the way right now
from Taiwan.  We should be able to fulfill dealer orders shortly.  End-users
have been able to order direct when they were in stock, but not recently.

--->Neil @ Atari
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