Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!julian!uwovax!kinch
From: kinch@uwovax.uwo.ca
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Simtel to PC troubles
Message-ID: <3753@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 5 Sep 89 20:45:55 GMT
Organization: CCS, UWO, London, Ontario, Canada
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Sorry folks but the mailer bounced:

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> 
> Am I doing somethig stupid, or is this a know problem.
> 
This is know (i mean no) bug. he he he

Actually there are two possibilities that come to mind. First the
obvious did you tell FTP to use binary transfer mode? On most systems
that I have used it is as simple as saying:
BINARY   or  maybe   IMAGE. Most FTP servers use ASCII mode by
default.
 
The other problem which I have encountered is not so easy to fix,
however the symptoms are different. As I am sure you are aware every
system has its own way of storing disk files. Sometimes the two FTP
sites have incompatible storage devices. I have noticed this only when
using our VAX (running VMS) but usually when this happens the files do
not make it over at all. There is no way to fix this problem, as far
as I know, but if you can gain access on another machine it may help.

> Any help would be appreciated.
> 

Hope this is the kind of help you wanted!

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love the drawing,   cheers  kinch
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