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Date:         Thu, 8 Oct 1992 12:54:00 EDT
From:         "The Large Guy with Buckwheat's Hair." <LANDAS88@SNYPOTVA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Amigas & Tape Drives

Date sent:

>> I wrote:
>> > thus: How do I get _large_ files from my Sparc to my Amiga without resortin
   g
>> > to connecting it to the network? (ie Ethernet cards/RS-232 etc).
>> I do exactly the same thing but with one extra step, I have to transfer
>> the files over to a PC clone first cause I'm hanging off a SPARC on the
>> network and direct access to the floppy is inconvient.  I wrote a quick
>> program to split the binary files (sometimes as large as 3MB) into
>> chunks the right size for a 720K floppy.  There is a unix command
>> that'll do that also, the name escapes me though.
>> >
>
>Could you send me the source for your program? I could probably write one
>myself but due to lack of time I wouldn't be able to do it for at least a month
   .
>
>> > One thought which struck me last night is this. I have a GVP HC-8 SCSI card
>> > and HD. Since I have an external SCSI port, could I directly fit my Sparc
> tape
>> > drive into that port and restore from tape the large files onto my Amiga?
>> > If the actual connection is OK, what about devices? Handlers? Software? I
> have
>> > 2.04 and I recall seeing a command like "magtape" hanging around somewhere
   -
>> > will this work?
>> I can read and write Sparc compatible 150MB tar tapes with my tape drive
>> on my Amiga.  The Sparc tape drives are SCSI II but should probably work
>> with any SCSI controller.  You will need a PD package called
>> scsiutils.lzh for the scsi tape device driver and a tar program like
>> GNUTar for the Amiga.  This combo has worked for me just fine.  I really
>> only use that method if I have alot of files though since getting to the
>> tape drive is more difficult than getting to the floppy drive.
>>
>What about the SCSI port on my HC-8? Would the Sparc tape drive fit directly
> onto
>it? I've had a look and they both have the same amount of pins, but the port on
> the
>back of my IPX looks more 'square' than that on my GVP board.
>
>Ah well, if you could rummage around and find the source for that program, I
> would
>be eternally grateful.

Hi guys,
    I've been watching this convos go on for a while now, and also saw someone
question about how to run a null modem cable from his PC to his AMIGA.  This
is a very simple and cost effective solution to the large file problem.  It may
not be the quickest, but at 38,000 baud that's not too shaby.  I have an Amiga
2000 and a IBM clone 386.  I was getting tired of using DOS2DOS to port all my
software that I downloaded on our IBM based campus to my AMIGA.  And I didn't
want to pay for a NET card.  So I grabed some wire, some cable wrap, some DB25
ends, and a striping crimping tool and went to work.  Now moving files accross
is as simple as attaching the cable, and loading two modem terminals.  Setting
thme up to communicate and transfering the files.  It's simple, it's easy, and
it's cheap.  Even if you don't make your own cable it's still not that
expensive for a ready made one.  Well if ya still wanna mess around with Scuzzy
thats fine with me, and it should be much faster, but hey - this is what I do.

-The big guy,
  Nyle
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