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From: v125lqbx@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Brian T McColpin)
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Subject: File transfer: Amiga -> IBM
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What's the easiest way to trnsfer a binary file from an Amiga to an IBM,
given that the two machines don't have compatible diskdrives. (i.e. both
IBM drives are 5-1/4, both Amiga drives are 3-1/2), which I guess would
blow any hopes of using Dos2Dos, eh? :-)

What I had in mind was something like both machines running terminal
emulators, and transfering files through a null modem cable, by Ymodem
or Zmodem protocol, or something like that.  Trouble is, I have no idea
if this is feasible, and before I go buy a Telecomm package for the IBM,
I want to know if this is a pipedream.  :-)

Or is there a simpler way, and I'm just too telecomm-ignorant to see it?

Thanks.

"Don't call me stupid!"  - Otto  (A Fish Called Wanda)