Re: Tape Exchange between AS/400 and NCR

[Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Pete, I'll pass this along !

Chuck

Pete Hall wrote:

> 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/
>
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