bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) (11/28/90)
I need to write a tape for a person in Thailand that has some
sort of Perkin-Elmer machine running OS-32 (?). This person
tells me this is a kind of UNIX. However, discussion with him
leads me to the conclusion he doesn't know too much about his
system beyond that. I asked him if he had "tar". "No." How
about "cpio"? "No." How about "mt"? "No."
Hmm, thought I, this could be a problem. Well, "do you have sh"?
"No." That's my clue that he's not very conversant with his
system.
Of course, neither am I, so my question is: what tape-reading
facilities should this system have, and what kind of tape can I
write so that I can safely assume he'll be able to extract it? I
know he's got a 9-track drive.
--
Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu
"If you're not a docter, you're just pants" -- Ian D., age 3 1/2rkh@mtune.ATT.COM (Robert Halloran) (11/29/90)
In article <3504@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes: >I need to write a tape for a person in Thailand that has some >sort of Perkin-Elmer machine running OS-32 (?). This person >tells me this is a kind of UNIX. However, discussion with him >leads me to the conclusion he doesn't know too much about his >system beyond that. I asked him if he had "tar". "No." How >about "cpio"? "No." How about "mt"? "No." OS/32 is P-E/Concurrent's real-time OS, and != Unix (the SVr2 port to that platform is Xelos). According to a friend still at the company, the 8.32 release has a program 'tapecon' which can convert from Unix tar or cpio formats. Any earlier releases and your friend is probably up the creek. Bob Halloran ========================================================================= Internet: rkh@mtune.dptg.att.com UUCP: att!mtune!rkh Disclaimer: If you think AT&T would have ME as a spokesman, you're crazed. Quote: "We have no plans at this time to introduce new, standalone Apple II models." --- Robert Puette, president of Apple USA. "Apple II Forever"? Looks like Forever = 13 years, 6 months (4/15/77 - 10/15/90) =========================================================================