ferry@chorus.fr (Ferry de Jong) (09/05/90)
Hello amiga-users, Is there some bright fellow (male/female) who can tell me how to load some sources from amiga-formatted disks into the UNIX machine's we have here. I have some (possible) interesing sources I would like to post to one or another .sources newsgroup but haven't found a way to do this yet. Who knows the answer to this irritating problem??? ___ ___ ___ ___ _ _ _ _ ( _)( _)( ,) ( ,)( \/ ) | ( \/\/ )riting software takes twice as long ) _) ) _) ) \ ) \ \ / | \ / as you expect it to take... (_) (___)(_)\_)(_)\_)(_/ | \/\/ Even if you keep this in mind! e-mail: ferry@chorus.fr
alanh@hpsmeng1.HP.COM (Alan Haight) (09/11/90)
> / hpsmeng1:comp.sys.amiga / ferry@chorus.fr (Ferry de Jong) / 4:27 am Sep 5, 1990 / > Hello amiga-users, > > Is there some bright fellow (male/female) who can tell me how to load some > sources from amiga-formatted disks into the UNIX machine's we have here. > I have some (possible) interesing sources I would like to post to one > or another .sources newsgroup but haven't found a way to do this yet. > > Who knows the answer to this irritating problem??? _____________________________________________________________________________ Well, I'm using HP-UX (HP UNIX) and what I do is use CrossDos and/or Dos2Dos to format a IB? disk [You can't get much on those wimpy 720K disks ;-) ] and copy the AMIGA stuff onto it. Then I use a program called doscp (DOS COPY) on the UNIX system to transfer the files from the 3.5" IB? disk onto the UNIX system. I don't know if the program doscp is a standard file or if it is unique to HP's system. These programs are under /usr/bin and I only have the binary. There are about 9 files that start with dos* to do different things. Good Luck. Alan Haight
marco@hprmokg.HP.COM (Marco Gonzalez) (09/12/90)
/ hprmokg:comp.sys.amiga / alanh@hpsmeng1.HP.COM (Alan Haight) / 12:55 pm Sep 10, 1990 / > / hpsmeng1:comp.sys.amiga / ferry@chorus.fr (Ferry de Jong) / 4:27 am Sep 5, 1990 / > Hello amiga-users, > > Is there some bright fellow (male/female) who can tell me how to load some > sources from amiga-formatted disks into the UNIX machine's we have here. > I have some (possible) interesing sources I would like to post to one > or another .sources newsgroup but haven't found a way to do this yet. > > Who knows the answer to this irritating problem??? _____________________________________________________________________________ Well, I'm using HP-UX (HP UNIX) and what I do is use CrossDos and/or Dos2Dos to format a IB? disk [You can't get much on those wimpy 720K disks ;-) ] and copy the AMIGA stuff onto it. Then I use a program called doscp (DOS COPY) on the UNIX system to transfer the files from the 3.5" IB? disk onto the UNIX system. I don't know if the program doscp is a standard file or if it is unique to HP's system. These programs are under /usr/bin and I only have the binary. There are about 9 files that start with dos* to do different things. Good Luck. Alan Haight ----------
ill@uni-paderborn.de (Markus Illenseer) (09/14/90)
ferry@chorus.fr (Ferry de Jong) writes: >Hello amiga-users, >Is there some bright fellow (male/female) who can tell me how to load some >sources from amiga-formatted disks into the UNIX machine's we have here. >I have some (possible) interesing sources I would like to post to one >or another .sources newsgroup but haven't found a way to do this yet. >Who knows the answer to this irritating problem??? [sig deleted] Interesting problem which should not be a real problem. On UNIX net I am working, there are some IBM AT's with 3 1/2 " Floppies. So the easiest would be to format the Disk under DOS (MS-DOS), then goto your Amiga, use Cross-Dos, D2D (Dos to Dos) or Messy-Dos or the BridgeBoards to copy files. Via ftp, the IBMs are connected to UNIX Net. Next Idea: Use Terminal Programm via Phone or Ser-Port. Use kermit under UNIX. Other Idea: Do it with your fingers (type source on UNIX), say 12 Bauds ? If UNIX on 386 Machine (IBM or clones), then use tcp/ip or nfs or something like that, to copy files to MS-DOS Disk, then use Cross-Dos or other Progs to copy to Amiga. It is the best way at all to use MS-DOS formatted Disks. If any other solution is known, please let us know ! What about DNET ? CU, Markus. ******************************************************************************** Markus Illenseer I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid, I can't do that. 4790 Paderborn ,United Germany Email: ill@uni-paderborn.de ********************************************************************************
myb100@csc.anu.oz.au (09/14/90)
In article <1990Sep13.182612.6681@uni-paderborn.de>, ill@uni-paderborn.de (Markus Illenseer) writes: > ferry@chorus.fr (Ferry de Jong) writes: > >>Hello amiga-users, > >>Is there some bright fellow (male/female) who can tell me how to load some >>sources from amiga-formatted disks into the UNIX machine's we have here. >>I have some (possible) interesing sources I would like to post to one >>or another .sources newsgroup but haven't found a way to do this yet. > >>Who knows the answer to this irritating problem??? > [sig deleted] > Interesting problem which should not be a real problem. [...several good suggestions deleted...] Another way to go (which I use regularly) is to use MessyDos (MSH:) on the Amiga to format/read/write 720k disks, and use MTOOLS on the SPARC stations. MTOOLS is a set of programmes running under Unix which allow SPARCS to read/write MS-DOS 720k (and 1.44M too I think) disks. Look for mtools in comp.sources.unix ..... somewhere.... (I can't remember where I last saw it. - if things get too difficult I might be able to find our sources on our system here somewhere and send them to you)[you=Ferry] > ******************************************************************************** > Markus Illenseer I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid, I can't do that. > 4790 Paderborn ,United Germany Email: ill@uni-paderborn.de > ******************************************************************************** ^^^^Nice touch ! Hi from one Markus to another ! :-) =============================================================================== Markus Buchhorn /// | This space Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Canberra /// | PMB Weston Ck. P.O. A.C.T. 2611, Australia \\\/// | intentionally markus@mso.anu.oz.au -or- nssdca::psi%mssso::markus \XX/ | left blank ===============================================================================
baeder@shamu.cadence.com (D. Scott Baeder; x299) (09/15/90)
Just to really go one further, here's how I do it... Our suns talk to a MAC network using TOPS. So, I copy the file to a directory that is also being "served to the MAC. Then, using the Apple File Exchange, I format a 720K MDSOS Disk, and translate it directly from the Sun to the MAC. Then, use Messy-dos to read it at home onto Amy. Scott
consp11@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett Kessler) (09/18/90)
In article <1990Sep13.182612.6681@uni-paderborn.de>, ill@uni-paderborn.de (Markus Illenseer) writes: |>>Is there some bright fellow (male/female) who can tell me how to load some |>>sources from amiga-formatted disks into the UNIX machine's we have here. |>>I have some (possible) interesing sources I would like to post to one |>>or another .sources newsgroup but haven't found a way to do this yet. Here at SUNY-Binghamton, one of my fellow consultants is currently working on a program that will take a diskette formatted on a SparcStation's floppy drive and allow it to be read and unpacked onto an MS-DOS diskette. From there, it's easy enough to get the crosover to AmigaDOS with something like MSH, CrossDOS or DOS2DOS. Right now we're still beta-testing it (it's pretty finicky about which disks it will actually read), and error-checking routines are being incorporated. It will be shareware once he's finished with it. I'll see what I can do about getting his permission to post it to comp.sys.amiga even though it's an MS-DOS program. +------///-+------------------| BRETT KESSLER |------------------+-\\\------+ | /// | consp11@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu | \\\ | | \\\/// | consp11@bingvaxa.BITNET | \\\/// | | \XX/ | (PeopleLink) B.KESSLER | \XX/ | +----------+-----------------------------------------------------+----------+
matth@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Matthew Hannigan) (09/26/90)
In article <4046@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> consp11@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett Kessler) writes: [ .. stuff deleted .. ] >SparcStation's floppy drive and allow it to be read and unpacked onto an >MS-DOS diskette. From there, it's easy enough to get the crosover to >AmigaDOS with something like MSH, CrossDOS or DOS2DOS. > >Right now we're still beta-testing it (it's pretty finicky about which >disks it will actually read), and error-checking routines are being >incorporated. It will be shareware once he's finished with it. > >I'll see what I can do about getting his permission to post it to >comp.sys.amiga even though it's an MS-DOS program. How about from the amiga3000ux to amigados floppies? This is the thing I want! Even if amiga unix could write to msdos floppies, it would be a start. Thanks in advance for any help. Mail please as well as I'm not sure I have the time to read this huge group! -Matt Hannigan