Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ooc.uva.nl!cmorgan From: cmorgan@ooc.uva.nl (Chris Morgan/RIKS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: Pllleeeaasse help me (file transfer vie. network) Keywords: network Message-ID: <16209@slice.ooc.uva.nl> Date: 26 Nov 90 16:08:49 GMT References: <1990Nov14.194720.19950@ucselx.sdsu.edu> Organization: Center for Innovation and Cooperative Technology, University of Amsterdam Lines: 42 maxc0849@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Human1 ~InnerTangent~) writes: > I need to transfer binary files (.hqx) between my UNIX > account and some school Macs that's hooked up with network. >cond. We have software on these Macs that let us loggin into the UNIX >BSD machine. No problem. But, when it comes to transfering files, it >only support something called "MacBinary". not Zmodem, Ymodem, or Xmodem. I think the best solution here is to get hold of a copy of NCSA Telnet for your Mac. NCSA Telnet (available from sumix I think) supports FTP like your UNIX machgine does (should). Trasnfereing files is simplicity in itself - simply hit apple-f and a connection is automatically opeden up between your Mac and the remote UNIX host. At this point it is the UNIX host that is controlling things. now simply type get (mac to UNIX) or send (UNIX to Mac) file_name . Ftp will send or receive your file in seconds. NCSA Telnet requires that you configure the accompanying Config.tel file. But this is no problem simply add the following line for your UNIX host at the bottom somewhere - name=host_name; hostip=host_ip_number Depending on what type of Mac you are using the following line must appear also in the config.tel file - hardware=Ethernet or hardware=EtherSe If you are using an Ethernet network then these lines will speed things up a bit - mtu=1024 maxseg=1024 rwin=4096 Hope this is all useful - if all else fails, you can obtain a copy of the documentation for NSCA Telnet also from sumix (I think). Chris Morgan cmorgan@ooc.uva.nl