Re: Tape Exchange between AS/400 and NCR

[Pete Hall <peteh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:06 PM 4/30/98 -0400, Chuck Lewis wrote:
>I had a friend ask me if I could find the answer to a problem he is
>having. They have an IBM AS/400e 9406-620 and an NCR 3450 running Unix
>(AT&T) SUR4. The NCR has an 8mm drive and the AS/400  hasa 9427-210 8mm.
>They want to know how to get data from the NCR to the AS/400. They have
>tried the tape method with no success (and limited technical knowledge
>so they may be missing something...). They are migrating from the NCR to
>the AS/400. Anybody done this (NCR to AS/400, tape to tape OR something
>else) ?

Chuck,

I've not done this with an NCR, but I have read old 1/2" reel tapes that were 
produced on ASCII boxes. I needed to use CPYFRMTAP (not RSTxxx), and specify 
ASCII in either the tape file or with OVRTAPF.

Pete


Pete Hall
peteh@inwave.com 
http://www.inwave.com/~peteh/

+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---