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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

4948.0. "looking for CVTARC on the Amiga + FF511-FF520." by TRUCKS::BUSSINK_E (Erik Bussink,Fareham UK,782-2272) Wed Aug 07 1991 11:15

    1)	I'm looking for a program on the Amiga, that would work like the
    	CVTARC.EXE on VMS
    
    2)  Also waiting with impatience for the FF511-FF520 to be uploaded on
    	Tape. (They exist !)
    
    						Erik Bussink
    						:-)
    
    			
    			 			
    			  
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4948.1XSNAKE::WILSONTLLead Trumpet (Read that...LEED!)Wed Aug 07 1991 14:197
    re: .0 /1) I don't think you'd have much use for an AMIGA version of
    CVTARC.  That is strictly for converting one RMS file format into
    another.  The RMS development team hasn't agreed to do RMS/AMIGA
    yet...8^).
    

    Tony
4948.2more trouble that its worth?CIMNET::KYZIVATPaul KyzivatWed Aug 07 1991 19:227
I presume what he wants is something which can repair the damage caused by
transmission of the wrong type of vms file.  I would guess that this might
be possible but considerably more difficult on the amiga because you don't
have RMS to help, and you don't know what type of file it was, or how the
transmitting program might have misinterpretted it.

	Paul
4948.3PEEVAX::GIFFORDMy dunny was kicked down by chooks!Wed Aug 07 1991 20:5919
Re .0

The latency between Fish disks coming out and them being uploaded has been
discussed at length before.

If you are sufficiantly impatient, can I suggest that you research getting the
disks from Usenet (Discussed in this conference). Then perhaps you could
upload them - of course the only problem with doing this is that other people
may start to get impatient when work/wife/children/dogs etc demands mean that
you may not do this quick enough.

Sorry to get on my high horse about this, but society is starting to P*ss me of
in a big way. I find that any volentry organisation seems to have difficulty 
in getting people to assist, and I suspect that the main reason for this is
that anyone who does assist, find that all they get is critism from the people
who won't do a DAMN thing. References, Any P&C, Little athletics, netball teams
etc ad nausiem!

Stan. 
4948.4TRUCKS::BUSSINK_EErik Bussink,Fareham UK,782-2272Thu Aug 08 1991 05:0411
    Stan I didn't meant to upset anybody. But if you can tell me how to
    reach Usenet and where, I'll do the job, as long as I stay here.
    
    	I know how to reach the FTP AB20.larc.nasa.gov , if it's something
    	like this, just give me an address (if it's possible).
    
    - The Amiga version of CVTARC, is to repair stuff I get from Vnews &
      FTP, It will not work on the amiga if it hasn't been CVTARCed. 
      I will not always have an VMS system to help me. :-)
    
    							Erik
4948.5I've asked about doing the Fish disks before...MADRE::MWMThu Aug 08 1991 13:4512
Well, I did one batch of fish disks, and asked for as to where they should
go. Since I didn't get _any_ responses, I assumed nobody was interested in
having me move fish disks from my Amiga to the ENET.

I get the disks from Fred direct, lharc them and tar them to a tk50 on
the Amiga. I bring that in, untar it on my system, and then copy the
disks to ????.

Tell me where to put them; I'll be glad to do the above. Note that I get
them as much as 2 weeks after the announcement about them goes out, though.

	<mike
4948.6One place to put them ...ELWOOD::PETERSThu Aug 08 1991 17:357
    
    re .5
    
    	Just copy them to TAPE::Amiga:[UPLOAD]  I'll move them from there.
    
    		Steve P.
    
4948.7No VMS, no problemNZOMIS::VETTESheep are natural blondesThu Aug 08 1991 18:4416
>    - The Amiga version of CVTARC, is to repair stuff I get from Vnews &
>      FTP, It will not work on the amiga if it hasn't been CVTARCed. 
>      I will not always have an VMS system to help me. :-)

    Erik,

    It is the VMS system that is causing the problems you are experiencing.
    KERMIT and Zmodem for example, require different file characteristics in
    order to work correctly. As long as you run CVTARC on any files before
    you KERMIT/Xmodem/Zmodem/whatever them to your Amiga, you won't have a
    problem. If your circumstances change, and you aren't using a VMS 
    system to get files from USENET and FTP to your Amiga, I doubt you'll
    see the same problems.

    Lindsay