SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET.UUCP (12/02/87)
Transferring from a Mac (or anything else) to a mainframe depends
substantially on what communication protocol(s) the mainframe will
support. Mainframe communications protocols pre-date microcomputers.
To make a long story short, mainframes generally talk in 7bits and
micros want to speak in 8.
If you're only interested in transferring text files AND your VAX
has a 7-bit XMODEM capablility (some of the bitnet VAX's apparently
have that, although I have no personal experience with a VAX), then
virtually any Macintosh terminal program will do.
If you want to be able to transfer ANY kind of file, there is a
Macintosh Kermit program which has the added beauty of being public
domain (your nearby Mac User Group should have a copy of Mac Kermit).
The catch is your VAX has to have the Kermit program (its available
for the Mac on tape). For information on how to get Kermit for the
VAX, Mac, IBM-PC's, Apple II's, Atari's, Amiga's, Sun's, and what
have you. Ask:
sy.christine@cu20b.Columbia.EDU
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ARPA: sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Murphy A. Sewall
BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM School of Business Admin.
UUCP: ...ihnp4!psuvax1!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL University of Connecticut