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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!cynic.portal.ca!curt From: curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: ZIP drives anyone? Date: 25 Aug 1995 17:45:53 GMT Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <41l28h$flo@wolfe.wimsey.com> References: <ferrie-2408951100110001@q-06.das.mcgill.ca> <Pine.OSF.3.91.950825004226.3909A-100000@alpha.lehman.cuny.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.950825004226.3909A-100000@alpha.lehman.cuny.edu>, Marvin P. Moore <marvin@alpha.lehman.cuny.edu> wrote: > >I would like to know if it would be possible to "stick" this [ZIP drive] >on a , say >... DEC 5000 , dl the files I want and then take it home and "stick" it >on my amiga running NetBSD. Assuming both machines support the device as a character device, you could transport files between virtually any two Unix machines using tar or cpio. cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.