Hampton@his-phoenix-multics.arpa (02/11/88)
My situation is this: I have a Honeywell Bull X-20 Unix system running System V.3, with a 9 track magnetic tape unit attached. I receive print files from an IBM mainframe via SNA RJE. Heerere is my problem: I have to find a way to write these print files to the tape in such a mwanyner that they can be printed by the Xerox 9700 page printing system. Has anyone already solved (or been defeated by) this problem? The Xerox 9700 can recognize tapes in a variety of formats, including several IBM formats (DOS/360 and DOS/VS/370 POWER and POWER VSE, DOS/360 and OS/360 standard tape formats, among others). I know how to write tapes using "tar" and "cpio", but of those formats, the 9700 dooesn't know. I suppose this problem could be solved from either of two directions. I could program the 9700 to accept "tar" or "cpio", or I could get the X-20 to write the print files in a format already familiar to the printer. I don't know the JDL (language) used to program the 9700 and would rather not have to learn it to solve this problem. Can anyone help with this problem?
haynes@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (99700000) (02/11/88)
(his-phoenix-multics.arpa doesn't grok to my name server, so couldn't reply directly) We use a product from a company back east named Textware that does ditroff-to-X9700 conversion. I can dig up their address if anybody asks. There's also a company in Santa Barbara - somebody at U.C. S.B. could give you their name and address. haynes@ucscc.ucsc.edu haynes@ucscc.bitnet ..ucbvax!ucscc!haynes
Cherry.STCWR@xerox.com (02/13/88)
Return-Path: <info-unix-request@sem.brl.mil> Redistributed: xerox-info-unix^.x Received: from SEM.BRL.MIL by Xerox.COM ; 10 FEB 88 21:20:57 PST Received: from SEM.BRL.MIL by SEM.BRL.ARPA id aa14595; 10 Feb 88 13:39 EST Received: from brl-vgr.arpa by SEM.BRL.ARPA id aa14587; 10 Feb 88 13:35 EST Received: from BCO-MULTICS.ARPA by VGR.BRL.ARPA id aa03596; 10 Feb 88 13:32 EST Received: FROM HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA BY BCO-MULTICS.ARPA WITH dial; 10 FEB 1988 13:26:38 EST Original-Date: Wed, 10 Feb 88 11:22 MST Message-ID: <880210182223.706661@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA> My situation is this: I have a Honeywell Bull X-20 Unix system running System V.3, with a 9 track magnetic tape unit attached. I receive print files from an IBM mainframe via SNA RJE. Here is my problem: I have to find a way to write these print files to the tape in such a manner that they can be printed by the Xerox 9700 page printing system. Has anyone already solved (or been defeated by) this problem? The Xerox 9700 can recognize tapes in a variety of formats, including several IBM formats (DOS/360 and DOS/VS/370 POWER and POWER VSE, DOS/360 and OS/360 standard tape formats, among others). I know how to write tapes using "tar" and "cpio", but of those formats, the 9700 doesn't know. I suppose this problem could be solved from either of two directions. I could program the 9700 to accept "tar" or "cpio", or I could get the X-20 to write the print files in a format already familiar to the printer. I don't know the JDL (language) used to program the 9700 and would rather not have to learn it to solve this problem. Can anyone help with this problem? ----------------------------------------------------------------