Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!ames!sgi!shinobu!odin!tweezers.esd.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: Transfer files between PC and IRIS? Message-ID: <1991Apr8.163047.9040@odin.corp.sgi.com> Date: 8 Apr 91 16:30:47 GMT References: <1991Apr5.222307.5567@eng.umd.edu> <1991Apr5.171620.28438@ecf.utoronto.ca> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Reply-To: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA. Lines: 33 In article <1991Apr5.222307.5567@eng.umd.edu>, Naiming Shen writes: > I am ordering a cable(null modem) to link my PC and IRIS. Can someone > tell me which communication software on IRIS is best to use to trasfer > files between those two machines. I have PCPlus on PC. I own a Toshiba laptop to use for light-duty computing tasks when I'm away from my 4D/20. I find the most trouble-free file transfer solution is Kermit for MS-DOS communicating with the Kermit program we supply in 4Dgifts. Kermit for MS-DOS provides a very capable terminal emulator as well as file transfer. It isn't as fast as Zmodem or other protocols, but at 9600 baud I find that I can transfer most things quickly enough. I just start up Kermit and let the download proceed while I am doing my other tasks. Kermit is very reliable, and best of all it's free. The latest version of Kermit for MS-DOS is 3.10. It can be found via anonymous FTP from: wsmr-simtel20.army.mil as the files: PD1:msker310.zip PD1:msr310.pch PD1:mskr-em2.zip These same files may be found on wuarchive.wustl.edu in the directory /mirrors/msdos/kermit. m. __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child." -- Vice President Dan Quayle