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The AIX Survival Guide by Andreas Siegert is a good book IMHO (though not downloadable as far as I am aware:o).

Thank-you very much - I will try this out...

I'm sorry but I really don't have a network option unfortunately - both of my machines (XP and AIX) are entirely 'stand-alone'. Many-thanks for trying to help me anyway:)

Ok, thank-you for that information - I may not be able to try it immediately but will do soon, and will let you know how I get on...thanks again:o

I'm sorry, you misunderstand my reply - I am frustrated because, although I know how to copy files to and from Floppies and CDs, when I copy a file to a Floppy under XP, it cannot be read by AIX, and...

How do I transfer Plain Text and/or BMP image files between my WindowsXP PC and my AIX 4.1 PowerPC?

I have no network or USB options, just a Floppy disk drive and a CD drive on each machine.

Is...

I thought that FTP required a network - I do NOT have a network. I have a Floppy Disk drive on each machine, and a CD drive on each machine, period...

How do I transfer Plain Text and/or BMP image files between my WindowsXP PC and my AIX 4.1 PowerPC?

I have no network or USB options, just a Floppy disk drive and a CD drive on each machine.
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I definitely agree:b::b:, but sometimes when I look something up in a book I stumble upon some other useful piece of information that comes in handy at a later date...

Glad to hear it - thanks for the 'philosophical ramblings' - I look forward to receiving my copy of the book...

Thanks 'Bughunter', that helps a lot - the equipment I'm working on is quite old and runs AIX 4.1.5R2:b:

Edited to add: I just had a look on Amazon - the first reader's review of the AIX Survival...

I'm an AIX newby:eek: and need to learn fast (I go on a course in a few week's time but I need to know some stuff now:mad:).

Can anybody recommend a good AIX book please? Not too basic though -...