Path: utzoo!attcan!ncrcan!tim
From: tim@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Tim Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: NCR Tower - PC File exchange
Keywords: tower pc
Message-ID: <2144@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM>
Date: 21 Feb 90 14:52:19 GMT
References: <5531@nucleus.mi.org> <1990Feb16.154651.4085@lxn.chi.il.us>
Reply-To: tim@ncrcan.UUCP (Tim Nelson)
Organization: NCR Canada Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario
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In article <1990Feb16.154651.4085@lxn.chi.il.us> chris@lxn.chi.il.us (Christopher D. Orr) writes:
>dar@nucleus.mi.org (Dario Alcocer) writes:
>
>>Does anyone know how to transfer files between an NCR Tower machine
>>running Unix and IBM PC-DOS file?  I noticed that the Tower has
>>a 5-1/4" floppy drive, but the only way I can write to it is via
>>cpio redirected to /dev/fd0.  After I do this, though, I can't read the disk
>>on MS-DOS.
>
>>Any suggestions?
>
>There are two good possible solutions:
>
>1)  Get the PAX utility recently posted to the net (sources.misc I
>think).  It will accomplish exactly what you are trying to do (by
>using floppies).

There is a utility on most NCR Towers (if not all), called "pcdsk".
Look for this in the user manual.  It is not supported, but I have
used it, and still use it quite often (read at least twice each week).

Before you use "pcdsk" you have to run "pcnodes", as super-user I believe.
You may have to modify "pcnodes" to suit your particular needs,
but the change is usually just modifying the major/minor numbers in
the script "pcnodes".

Also note that disks must be formatted to low (?) density on a PC
before use. (is 360K for a 5 1/4" low density?, whatever it is called)

>2)  Connect your PC to the Tower and use a transfer protocol to
>download the files.  I use ZMODEM on both ends and it really flies.
>This, to me, is much easier than using the diskette method.

This is definitely faster if you have a lot to transfer, but for
one time use, or single files, then a utility similar to "pcdsk"
would be simpler.

later,

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