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From: curci@stat.uucp (Ray Curci (scri))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: dec to ibm
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Date: 28 Feb 89 03:45:46 GMT
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In article <73511JET3@PSUVM> JET3@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>Let's try this again with a little more information.  I have a person here
>who would like to transfer their DEC files to an IBM.  Here are the details
>that I could find out from her:
> 1. The DEC is a Digital Decmate II, PC 278-A, keyboard LK201BA.  The
>    system has two 5.25" floppy drives.
> 2. The IBM is an IBM PS/2 Model 50Z, with one 3.5" 1.44Mb floppy drive.
>Jean Thompson

You may want to investigate putting KERMIT on both systems and attaching them
with a serial cable.  KERMIT at 9600 bps works quite well and is very 
inexpensive.  You should be able to fetch the KERMIT software using
anonymous/ftp from c.columbia.edu.  A more expensive alternative is to
attach a 5+1/4" disk to your PS/2 (I am unfamiliar with the decmate but
assume it is an ibm pc/xt/at compatible machine?)  I have added a Businessland
5+1/4" high density 5+1/4" external floppy disk drive to a ps/2 model 50z
before.  The kit has a cable that plugs in where nomally your drive b: would
be on the ps/2 that runs to a special card.  There is a cable that attaches
to the back of the card that goes to a separate enclosure for the 5+1/4"
disk.  This kit costs around $400 or so.  For ocassional use, Kermit is
probably the best answer.  Kermit will allow you to transfer both text and
binary files, etc.   You can place one PC in a server mode and execute all
commands from the other system.  Kermit for the PC also has a DEC vt102
emulation mode for using your pc as a terminal, etc.

Good luck!

ray curci
fsu supercomputer institute
curci@nu.cs.fsu.edu,  curci@stat.fsu.edu