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From: pfratar@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Paul Frattaroli - Department of Computing Services)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Simtel to PC troubles
Message-ID: <6282@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Date: 5 Sep 89 14:18:23 GMT
References: <197@infovax.UUCP> <730@chyde.uwasa.fi> <27065@amdcad.AMD.COM> <734@chyde.uwasa.fi> <568@jvncf.UUCP>
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In article <568@jvncf.UUCP> saroff@jvncf.csc.org.UUCP (Steve Saroff lac00001) writes:
>However, I couldn't read the .ARC files (granted I was using the evil
>PKARC program) and the .EXE file did not run.  
>-- 
>			SzS
>Dr. S.Z. Saroff
>John von Neumann National Supercomputer Center   bitnet:   saroff@jvncc

Hi,
	The first two problems I can think of off the bat are:
1, Did you specify `tenex' when ftping from simtel20 and 2, Did you
specify `set file type binary' when using KERMIT?

	These two were usually the reason when I have had troubles like
yours.

	Hope this helps.

....Paul F

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