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From: Karl Beykirch <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Help w/ file transfer in RT-11
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 11:14:45 -0800
Organization: University of California, Los Angeles
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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?  Can I get it on an 8" floppy somewhere?

Thanks again,
Karl