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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Problems getting files from Simtel20
Message-ID: <692.253FE0D4@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 89 22:57:53 EDT
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In article <2106@leah.Albany.Edu>, ppd491@leah.Albany.Edu (Peter P. Donohue) writes:
 >In article <389@cs.columbia.edu>, benderly@cs.columbia.edu (Dan Benderly) 
 >writes:
 >> I am having problems getting files from the SIMTEL archives.  I am on a 
 >> Unix machine (SunOS, I beleive).  After connecting to SIMTEL, I enter
 >> "type tenex", and begin to transfer the files I want.  When, however, I down-
 >> load them to my PC & try to un-arc them, it tells me that every file fails
 >> the CRC check, and all I get is garbage.
 >  I believe the command is just 'TENEX' not 'TYPE TENEX'. After you issue the
 >command, you should see a reply of something like 'file type set to I'.

Actually, you should see something like "TYPE L 8 okay", but I suppose
that's a minor point.

How are you downloading the file to your PC?  If you're using Kermit, make
sure that you type "set file type binary" on both machines, and also
make sure that you tell Kermit about the parity settings.

If you have a copy of arc(1) for the Sun, you might try testing the archive
after you grab it from SIMTEL, to see if the problem is being caused
between SIMTEL and you, on the Sun, between the Sun and the PC, or on
the PC.

Note: I use a Sun 3/160 to FTP files all the time.  I transfer the files
down over a 2400 baud dialup connection (yuk) using Zmodem.  It works
every time.

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