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- 1 MACX
-
- MACX lets you upload Macintosh files to the VAX and download Macintosh files
- from the VAX. The files can be of any type, including MacPaint pictures,
- formatted MacWrite files, fonts, and applications.
-
- To use MACX, you MUST be running MacTerminal (you can't use any other
- terminal program), and your file transfer settings must be:
-
- Transfer Method (*) XMODEM ( ) Text
- Remote System (*) MacTerminal ( ) Other
-
- The other settings don't matter. Notice that you set "remote system" to
- "MacTerminal" even though the remote system is really a VAX.
-
- MACX commands can be abbreviated to one character. C)atalog will show you
- what files are available. The main commands are C)atalog, U)pload, D)ownload,
- and Q)uit. Special commands are available for text files.
- 2 Catalog
-
- C)atalog shows you what Macintosh files are available.
-
- Notice that every Macintosh file has TWO NAMES: a Macintosh name and a VMS
- name. The Macintosh name is the name the file had or will have on the
- Macintosh; the VMS name is the name it has on the VMS system. The Macintosh
- name is for information only. In MACX commands, you must ALWAYS use the
- VMS name.
-
- Advanced users: VMS filenames for Macintosh files have a default ".MAC"
- extension. The Catalog command can be followed by an optional directory
- specification.
- 2 Download
-
- To download a file, use the D command followed by the VMS name (NOT the
- Macintosh name) of the file you want. For example:
-
- VMS name Macintosh file Type Size Last modified
-
- BACKGAMN Backgammon Application 31K 9-DEC-1984 08:24:21
- CALENDAR calendar Application 23K 25-AUG-1984 17:44:34
-
- to download the Backgammon application, you would use the command
-
- MACX>d backgamn
-
- MACX will automatically trigger MacTerminal to receive the file; you do not
- need to pull down any MacTerminal commands.
- 2 Upload
-
- To upload a file, use the U command. If you use U by itself, MACX will
- automatically name the VMS file by taking the first 9 alphanumeric
- characters in the Macintosh file name. If you want to choose the VMS
- file name yourself, type it after the U:
-
- MACX>u myname
-
- VMS file names are limited to 9 characters which must be letter or numerals.
- You may NOT use spaces or punctuation in a VMS file name.
-
- After issuing the U)pload command, you must then tell MacTerminal to send
- the file by pulling down "Send file..." from the File menu.
- 2 Text
- Many Macintosh applications produce "TEXT" documents; for example, MacWrite
- if you save "Text only." Macintosh "TEXT" documents are fairly easy to
- exchange with other computer systems.
-
- Suppose that "TEXTDOC.MAC" is the VMS file name of a Macintosh text document.
- You cannot use TEXTDOC.MAC directly under VMS; although it is stored in the
- VMS system, it is not stored in the normal VMS text format, but in a format
- the mirrors the Macintosh format. For example, you could not meaningfully
- edit TEXTDOC.MAC with EDT or TECO. MACX does, however, provide tools for
- converting Macintosh text format to and from VMS text format.
-
- The tools are TYPE, PRINT, IMPORT, EXPORT; these commands can be abbreviated
- to their initial character if desired. In addition, UPLOAD/TEXT and
- DOWNLOAD/TEXT provide direct Mac-to-VMS text uploads and downloads.
- 3 Type
- The MACX command
-
- MACX>TYPE TEXTDOC
-
- will display TEXTDOC on the screen. TEXTDOC must be a Macintosh text file
- appearing in the MACX catalog; that is, it must have a VMS ".MAC" extension
- and a Macintosh "TEXT" type.
-
- Lines exceeding 79 characters will be wrapped. The wrap length can be
- changed by including a /WRAP qualifier; for example,
-
- MACX>TYPE TEXTDOC/WRAP=72
- 3 Print
- The MACX command
-
- MACX>PRINT TEXTDOC
-
- will print TEXTDOC on the system printer. TEXTDOC must be a Macintosh
- text file appearing in the MACX catalog; that is, it must have a VMS ".MAC"
- extension and a Macintosh "TEXT" type.
-
- Lines exceeding 79 characters will be wrapped. The wrap length can be
- changed by including a /WRAP qualifier; for example,
-
- MACX>PRINT TEXTDOC/WRAP=72
-
- Printers other than the system printer can be specified with the /OUT
- qualifier; for example,
-
- MACX>PRINT TEXTDOC/OUT=QUME:
- 3 Import
- 3 Export
- 3 Upload
- MACX>UPLOAD filename.ext/TEXT performs a "text upload."
-
- a) The file you send must be a Macintosh text file. Examples of text files
- are: MacWrite files you save using the "TEXT ONLY" option; MacTerminal
- documents; files produced by MockWrite or captured by MockTerminal; and
- MS-BASIC programs that have been saved with the TEXT option.
-
- b) "filename.ext" should be a full VMS filename with extension; for example,
- "note.txt". Do NOT use the extension ".mac".
-
- c) You should use the normal MACX file transfer settings: XMODEM/MacTerminal.
- Do NOT use any other settings.
-
- d) When the transfer is complete, the file will NOT appear in the MACX
- catalog. It will appear in the normal VMS directory with the filename and
- extension you specified, and can be handled as a normal VMS text file.
-
- 3 Download
- MACX>DOWNLOAD filename.ext/TEXT performs a "text download."
-
- a) "filename.ext" should be a full VMS filename with extension; for example,
- "note.txt" or "letter.rno". The file must be a normal VMS text file, one
- that you could edit with EDT or type out with TYPE. These files will NOT
- appear in a MACX catalog.
-
- b) You should use the normal MACX file transfer settings: XMODEM/MacTerminal.
- Do NOT use any other settings.
-
- c) The downloaded file will appear on your Macintosh as a MacWrite TEXT
- file.
-