Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ho95b.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ho95b!wcs From: wcs@ho95b.UUCP (Bill Stewart) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: vax/unix to vax/vms Message-ID: <456@ho95b.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 19:12:26 EDT Article-I.D.: ho95b.456 Posted: Tue Jun 4 19:12:26 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Jun-85 02:57:32 EDT References: <109@mtgzi.UUCP> <350@osu-eddie.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 4 While ANSI-labelled tapes may be nice, I've found that the only "machine-independent" tape format is EBCDIC non-labeled lrecl=80 blocksize=(whatever, but known and <4096). Almost everything can read these, because they *have to*, and most systems can write them.