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From: swh@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Simtel to PC troubles
Message-ID: <12630017@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: 6 Sep 89 15:18:52 GMT
References: <568@jvncf.UUCP>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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Re: SIMTEL-PC downloading problems

When downloading binary stuff from SIMTEL, you have to use "tenex" mode
for the FTP transfer, not "binary".  I think this is because SIMTEL is a
VAX box with 36-bit words, whereas most of the UNIX boxes use 32-bit
words.  MSDOS can handle 32-bit words so "tenex" is needed there too.
I suppose if you were moving from VAX to VAX, then "binary" would be
appropriate.