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From: Tim Shoppa <shoppa@trailing-edge.com>
Subject: Re: Help w/ file transfer in RT-11
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 14:27:15 -0400
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology
Message-ID: <372DB243.30E2335C@trailing-edge.com>
To: kermit.misc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
Karl Beykirch wrote:
>
> Tim Shoppa wrote:
> >
> > Seeing how you get jibberish all over your screen, the file is
> > almost certainly a binary file. In order to move these files over
> > a serial line, you want to use Kermit on both
> > ends; Kermit for the RT-11 is available by anonymous ftp from
> > kermit.columbia.edu. If I recall correctly, VersaTerm Pro
> > on a Mac has a rudimentary Kermit implementation in it.
> >
> > Alternatively, you can use physical media (floppy, tape, Zip
> > cartridge, whatever is in common to both systems) to move the
> > files, or put TCP/IP on both the RT-11 and the Mac and FTP the
> > files in and out.
>
> Thanks Tim.
>
> Our data is binary.
> I like the Kermit idea, but the PDP is on a communication island. No
> ethernet, 8" floppy, serial lines, no common media. I can download
> Kermit, but how do I get it on the PDP?
Rather detailed instructions can be found in krthex.mac, part
of the KRT distribution in
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/b/
> Can I get it on an 8" floppy somewhere?
Yes, I and others can run off copies for you.
--
Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa@trailing-edge.com
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