AGNEW@VCUVAX.BITNET (Brainwave Surfer) (03/12/88)
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In article <4508@ecsvax.UUCP> dgh@ecsvax.UUCP (Douglas Heatherly) writes:
>
> Our laboratory is currently running microVMS 4.6 on a MVII and
>TSX+ on several PDP 11's. We have several extra multiplexor ports on
>the systems and would like to connect them together for file transfer.
>We cannot really afford DECNET or Ethernet connections. Are there any
>cheap solutions to our problem? Note:(the computers are located in
>the same room). Should we use kermit or some other communications
>package on both ends? Is a direct connection possible?
And Michael Duebner <ddsw1!mcs1!michael@gargoyle.uchicago.edu>
> also had much the same problem, plus a file that will not stay indexed
> after transferral via KERMIT.
We in Neurosurgery at MCV have for years used POLY-XFR from Polygon
Associates to move tons of data from a PDP-11/23 to several VAXEN. These
files were direct access squential, and we never had problems except with
very small binary files..
I suggest Michael Duebner can use the CONVERT utility on the VAX to
convert his files after he transfers them via KERMIT. KERMIT is also in
use at our site with no problems at all.
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