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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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"Karl Stratman" <Strat.GT@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> I'm interested in porting 18MB on 5.25" RX50 DEC floppies to
> 3.5" IBM floppies. I have a DEC DECMATE WPS Op. System. The RX50's are
> single-sided, unique density, unique RPM drives and cannot be read from a
> IBM 5.25" drive. The DECMATE WPS has minimal formatting embedded in the
> files, much like WIN/NOTEPAD.
>
> I'm told that if I use a null-modem cable (with 2 wires crossed) to hook
> my DECMATE to my PC, and that if I use kermit or Window's hyperterminal,
> that I then ought to be able to convert the 46 diskettes, one file at a
> time, using serial communications, much like driving a daisy-wheel
> printer from my DECMATE, or like reading from a serial-port from my IBM.
>
> Will this work? Do I need one or two copies of KERMIT? Any other tips?
>
Yes, you will need two copies of Kermit. On Win95, you can take your chances
with HyperTerminal, which we do not support, or you can use Kermit 95:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html
which we do. The situation on the DECmate is a lot more complicated. We do
have a Kermit program for it, but we don't have any way of giving it to you
on diskette. So you'll need to find some way to do that yourself, unless you
can find somebody else (perhaps the DECUS library) that can send you the
DECmate version of Kermit on RX50. You might also try one of the DEC-oriented
newsgroups.
You can find DECmate Kermit at:
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/d/k12*.*
Good luck!
- Frank