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From: jimh@aubsch.UUCP (Jim Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: AT&T tape
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Date: 10 Mar 90 05:02:01 GMT
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->Lou Anschuetz (temngt23@ysu.edu) writes:

>I recently posted this as a question without enough detail on the
>at&t group, and the answer seems not to be working, so forgive me
>while I try it here.
>
>I currently have at AT&T 3B2/400 which I am replacing with an
>NCR Tower 32/700 shortly.  There is about 20MB of data I need to
>move from the 3b2 to the ncr.  On the 3b2 is unix v.2.1.1, and
 >I understand I will be getting unix v.3.2.2 on the ncr.  The 3b2
>has a tape drive no which I do backups using the program ctccpio
>(obviously a variant of cpio).  I do have tar available as well,
>though have never tried it.  The tape drive on the 3b2 claims to
T>be a 23mb, 45451 512byte block unit, using DC600A tapes.  I can't
>seem to find any other reference to this tape format.  The ncr
>has a more conventional 150mb tape drive.  Is there any way to
o>move data from the 3b2 to the ncr via these tape drives????
w>(Help!)
>
e>I have this terrible feeling that I am going to have to asynch
r>download.......  tell me it ain't so.

>
>
Lou, I think that an asynch transfer would be the easiest thing, and it
wouldn't take that long at 9600 bps.

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Jim Hart                            uunet!usm3b2!aubsch!jimh
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