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The product to which you refer is called Reflection.  It is a product from
WRQ (www.wrq.com).  Some people insist on adding an S, but I assure you is
does not have one.  Transferring 4GB over a 19.2 Kb connection might take
48 hours, but if you have the 3000 on a LAN along with the PCs, you could
use Reflection over the LAN.  Much faster.

Also on the LAN, you might want to use FTP to transfer the data from the
3000 to the PCs.

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP America, Inc.
(800) 323-8863  (281) 288-7438         Fax: (281) 355-6879
denys at hicomp.com                             www.hicomp.com



-----Original Message-----
From:   Bob Rohlin [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Tuesday, 13 April, 1999 6:00 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Request for information for data transfer

Please help!  Any and all suggestions are welcome.  Please include any
questions that we should ask our vendor.

Here's where we need help:
We have files (4 GB) that have been created in a COBOL system and stored on
a HP3000 running the MPE / IX operating system.  The data needs to
converted to an ASCII file in a readable media by a PC system.  Our vendor,
who manages the data, is telling us that it takes about 48 hours to
download the data (they use an application called REFLEXIONS) to a PC.  Is
this accurate?  Is there a faster way to do this?  Apparently, they are
unable to give us the complete data files and subsequently, we have been
receiving partial data.  It has been difficult to append this data to our
existing tables and de-duplicate the data.

Can you provide any hints or solutions?

Thanks in advance,


Bob Rohlin