Article 168183 of comp.os.vms: James Carlson wrote on 16-APR-1996: > I have an Alpha 3000/300X running Open VMS 6.1-1H2. I want to transfer > files to a PC which has a ZIP drive. Transfering the datafiles by FTP is > not possible. Has anybody tried to setup an external ZIP (SCSI) drive in > VMS? Are there extra drivers needed? Thanks in advance. Assuming the ZIP drive is intended to have a FAT ("DOS") files system, I'd try to solve the problem with NDFP (still in BETA test, until I get some success or failure notices - currently needs a VMS C compiler to build): - find a PC with network card, and a not too ancient version of DOS (allegedly there are many such beasts around) which can handle the ZIP drive - get NDFP0530.ZIP (likely to get another update soon) from ftp://gwdw04.gwdg.de/vms/ or ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/vms/ (UNZIP executables for VMS can be found there, too) - somehow, transfer the contents of the kit's [.PC] subdirectory to the PC's disk - build the VMS end of NDFP using a C compiler (there are some 0*README.* that tell you what to do in detail) - on the PC, load the "DOS packet driver" appropriate to the network card, and then run ETHNDS5 - on VMS, slighly edit SETUP.COM to contain the PC's ethernet address, invoke the same, acquire SYSLCK privilege (!) - now copy files (via ethernet) between VMS and DOS as you like, using the appropriate sequence of $ ND_PUT {VMSfile} {DOSfile} (the package also has ND_GET, ND_DIR, and many more goodies). Wolfgang J. Moeller, Tel. +49 551 2011516 or -510, moeller@gwdvms.dnet.gwdg.de GWDG, D-37077 Goettingen, F.R.Germany | Disclaimer: No claim intended! ----- -----