MSDOS/PC ASCII file transfer to AIX 4.3 1

[Charisma]

I need any advice from anyone who has done this before and the best way to wire these two machines together for the file transfer to occur thru the wire instead of by export to disk on PC and import from disk on AIX.

 

[rmcdonal]

1. How about connecting the PC to the AIX machine as a hardwire terminal then use some communication software on the PC side to transfer the file(s) to the AIX machine. You may need to get and or compile something like the zmodem protocol-program for AIX or use Kermit.<br>
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2. PPP over hardwire serial cable?<br>
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[MikeLacey]

Have you considered adding ethernet/token ring to the rs6000 and the PC? If you're finding an increasingly frequent need to xfer files between the two machines it might be worth the investment. (I think it's actually easier to get TCP working over a network than to get get Kermit/some other thing working over a serial link)<br>

 

[Cyberchuck]

If this is something you will be doing often, I agree that it would be better to connect the two via Ethernet and use FTP to get the files back and forth.<br>
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If this is a one-shot deal, then connecting the PC to the AIX box as a hardwired terminal is your easiest bet. All you need is the appropriate serial cable and a terminal program on the PC capable of Xmodem transfers (almost all are). The ATE terminal program included with AIX includes server-side Xmodem transfer software. You can get around the one-file-at-a-time restriction of Xmodem by judicious scripting on one or both machines. I have set up automated multi-file Xmodem transfers this way between a PC running Procomm Plus and an AIX 3 machine. It's not pretty, but it works and it's cheap.<br>
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You could also get Zmodem or Kermit software for both machines to simplify multi-file transfers. But again, if this is something you'll be doing often, invest in the Ethernet hardware and a TCP/IP stack and FTP program for your PC.<br>