Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!ukc!warwick!cs.news!stg From: stg@uk.ac.warwick.maths (Steve Gaito) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Need a FAST PC-UNIX coms transfer program Message-ID: Date: 19 Jun 89 12:03:38 GMT Sender: news@warwick.ac.uk Distribution: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d, comp.protocols.ibm Organization: Mathematics Institute, Warwick University, UK Lines: 45 A FAST PC-PC coms transfer program called ZIP was recently posted to the newsgroup comp.binaries.ibm.pc. The header of the posting contained the following description: >From an enclosed blurb: > > ZIP is a program for superfast transfer of files between two compu- > ters (eg, desktop and laptop) using a direct serial cable > connection. Up to 6 times faster than a communications program, > even 2-3 times faster than other free utilities like PCmag's ZCOPY > that "work at 115200 bps". Requires IBM PC compatibles, and a "null > modem" cable. Version 1.3 adds remote server mode, file > directories, selective copy options. Free program. Dated April 16, > 1989. > >I've been using zip a little at home between a PC and an AT and it >works fine. MY QUESTION IS: Is there a similar set of programs around for transfer between a PC and a UNIX based system? Is the C source for ZIP or any similar program available? Thanks in advance. Please reply via e-mail. I will post a summary if there is any interest. -- Stephen Gaito -------------------------------------------- JANET: stg@uk.ac.warwick.maths BITNET/EARN: stg%uk.ac.warwick.maths@UKACRL Mail: Mathematics Institute University of Warwick Coventry UK CV4 7AL --------------------------------------------