RE: CD write from 400

Bob,

I think I do, but...

Answer me this - why is this so difficult?  Why can't a save file - which
could be FTP's be used.  I have not looked into it yet, but it seems to me
that this can't be as hard as it seems.  You just need to figure out the
trick!.  Like most of what what we do that seems like magic, it is only so,
because we figured it out before someone else did!

Thanks

john

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Bob Crothers
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 1:31 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: CD write from 400
>
>
> I take it you know who I am talking about!
>
> Their attitude doesn't make any sense to me.  Now that the secret is
> out on how to create a CDR with SAVLIB/OBJ stuff on it, their market is
> going to shrink rapidly.
>
> The only thing they do that the others don't is create the IFS file
> directly from a save file.
>
> And is actually easy to get around that.  Just "read" the Save File as
> a stream file and pump it out to the IFS.  To restore, read the stream
> file and write it back to the save file.  But, you can not do the
> RSTOBJ/LIB directly from the CD.  Small issue that can be handled with
> a bit of code in the install.  And any ISV who is afraid of writing a
> little bit of code should get out of the business!
>
> And actually, the trick behind CDIT and others is very easy also.  Just
> read the tape as a stream file, write to the IFS and you are done.
>
> They also brag about providing LODRUN support, but LODRUN is also a no
> brainier.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim McCarthy <TimM@softwarejungle.com>
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Friday, April 02, 1999 1:33 PM
> Subject: RE: CD write from 400
>
>
> >Bob, glad to see they didn't just single me out. They left me with
> >exactly the same impression.
> >
> >> There  is only one alternative that I know of.  But it costs over
> >> $5,000 and I personally do not like the attitude the company has.
> Very
> >> arrogant and just plain @$#holes.
> >>
> >>
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