On 2014-09-17 1:21 PM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> On 09/17 12:55 , Gerald Brandt wrote:
>> I've been tasked with backing up an old QNX 4.23A system.  From what I
>> can see, the box doesn't have ssh, ftp, rsync (or rsyncd), or smb.
>>
>> Is anyone backing something like this up?  If so, how.
> How do you transfer files to/from it for business purposes? Sneakernet?
>
> One of the more creative hacks I ever heard of was in a lab where it was not
> allowed to change any of the hardware on a given computer, but it was still
> desired to automate (to some extent) data transfer to it. The solution was
> to get a barcode reader that interfaced as a keyboard (this was back in the
> PS/2 keyboard days), and use a barcode printer to send data to the reader.
> Obviously a low-data-rate solution, but apparently useful in the 
> circumstances.
>
It has an ftp client, but no server.

-- 
Gerald Brandt
Majentis Technologies
204-229-6595
gbr AT majentis DOT com


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