#Backup from Amiga / Rest
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I am looking for a way to transfer large amounts of data (100+ MB) from the
Amiga to either an IBM PC compatible or Macintosh. The Amiga and the other two
machines are at different locations, so I cannot network them. The large
amount of data precludes uploading the files.
Are there any tape backup utilities on the Amiga that have a file compatible
counterpart on the PC or macintosh? Is there a way to read Amiga hard drives
or removable cartridges (Syquest, Bernoulli) on the PC or Mac?
Thanks for your help.
>The Amiga and the other two machines are at different locations, so I
>cannot network them.
Not to pick nits, but I've used networks to transfer files from machines
as far away as Australia and Switzerland.
That aside, use CrossDos to format Syquest or Bernoulli cartidges and to
read/write them in DOS format on the Amiga. PCs and Macs should both be
able to read/write that.
Alternately, I'm pretty sure that there is an implementation of tar that
would let you use tapes to transfer data between PCs and Amigas (it works
for Unix and Amiga), but I'm not sure whether there is a compatible tar
for Mac.
— Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing
— INTERNET:dale@iam.com
I would not be so sure, that Mac and Ibm would be able to read the same
Syquests. I'm not so sure either if CrossDos on the Amiga is able to
format Syquests. As far as I know it only works on Disks, and Syquests are
not concerned disks, they are harddisks.
On Mac Side, you sure will need additional software to read an Ibm
formatted disk or Syquest.
I would recomend SCSI tapestreamers, because their format is usually
controlled by the writing program. Tar might be a good suggestion. It
should work with Amigas, IBMs and Unix for sure, but I don't know of a Mac
version either.
You could get an Exabyte streamer or something like that and use the same
drive to transfer your data from one platform to the other, if you have
the same program (tar for example) on each platform.
… over the ocean
Jochen, Stuttgart, Germany with AutoPilot
A disk is a disk,
of course of course,
and CrossDos can talk
to a disk of course,
unless the disk
is a horse of course,
and a Syquest…
ain't a horse.
— Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing
— INTERNET:dale@iam.com
Dale,
after wading through over a hundred messages in "Hot News and Rumors",
this was a breath of fresh air. Bless you!
Brian
bjbart@watserv.ucr.edu
pardon me ;>
Syquest ain't a horse
but it sure isn't a disk.
Have you used CrossDos on Syquests and did you ever use IBM-formatted Syqs
on Macs?
… over the ocean
Jochen, Stuttgart, Germany with AutoPilot
I've used CrossDos on Syquests and it works fine. Never tried to see if
Macs could read them though.
-Richard
ROFL!! That was a definite "Keep" Dale <g>.
// John – (Flying via AutoPilot)
\X/ Mercury@ins.infonet.net
Thanks for the suggestion. My point about the networking was that the client
with the Amiga is not in a situation to conveniently network their computer.
Jeff