Steve:

Use LZW to compress all the files into a single file, then upload the single
file and Lzw programs with Reflection using binary labels.  What will you do
with the files in 3 years?

Chuck Duncan

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bagdon [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 1:25 PM
Subject: Archiving 918, need suggestions


We're retiring our 918RX, and need some suggestions about archiving
off the data. Looking to burn everything to one cd-rom in ISO-9660
format (it's not a very big system, should fit in 650megs), but the
questions is *how* to do this. We have a cd-burner on one of our PCs,
so our first choice is to burn it there. We'd like to burn 2 batches
of cd-r's:

* one batch of mulitple copies, in 'label' format. This way, we could
restore files later with labels, block sizes, etc, directly from the
cd-rom to the HP, vs. having to find the tape/etc. The only down side
is that some text files are not easily readable when downloaded in
label format, so...

* one batch of multiple copies, in 'ascii' format. This way we can
edit the data and source files in text editors, for later viewing.

This presents two issues:

* how to download all files from the HP3000 to the local PC, in one
huge batch transfer. Is there a way to use Reflection to do this?

* most files we can download in label-mode, such as executables and
ksam files. But IMAGE files are being difficult. Can we 'release' them
with MPEX, or some other option?

Or, if we wish to do this, are we destinged with having to figure out
how to either copnnect the cd-r to the hp3000, or going to an outside
vendor to do this from DAT(ugh!).

Thanks to anyone with info on this!

Steve B.