frew%crseo@hub.ucsb.edu (Jim Frew) (01/03/91)
Archive-name: hardware/tapes/dectp/1990-12-11 Archive: titan.rice.edu:/incoming/dectp.shar [128.42.1.30] Original-posting-by: frew%crseo@hub.ucsb.edu (Jim Frew) Original-subject: Re: Reading DEC tapes with Sun OS Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) On 11 Dec 90 16:27:38 EST, Brian Cole <bragrt!bec@uunet.uu.net> wrote: >I am trying to transfer ASCII data from a DEC VAX to a Sun 4/490 >via 1/2" tape. Has anyone done this before ? If so, what method >works best ?? Ideally, I would like to know what command I need >to use on the VAX, and then which command I should use on the Sun. (I was unable to send mail to bragrt!bec@uunet.uu.net, so I am responding to the list -- no flames please.) I wrote a program "dectp" that reads tapes written by the VMS COPY command. I use it regularly to transfer data from a VMS system to a Sun-3/280 running 4.0.3. The source is available in: titan.rice.edu:~ftp/incoming/dectp.shar #-----------------+-----------------------+----------------------------- # Jim Frew | frew@crseo.ucsb.edu | Computer Systems Lab., UCSB # +1 805 893 8413 | frew@ucsbuxa (BITNET) | Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA