[comp.org.decus] Floppy Interchange--VAX to PC

ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (02/21/87)

I know someone with a Microvax with 5-1/4 inch floppy drives
(also 9-track tape and fixed disk, but that's not important).
She wants to transfer some files to an IBM PC.
We could use Kermit and transfer via a serial port,
but we were wondering if it is possible to interchange 
floppy disks in some way.

I know that you can convince a Rainbow to read single-sided
IBM PC disks, and even write to them if you format them on the IBM.
Is there any way to produce on a Microvax a disk that
the Rainbow or IBM PC can read?
Or is there a program on the Rainbow or IBM that will let
them read a  standard VAX diskette?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Mike Ciaraldi
seismo!rochester!ciaraldi