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From: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Trouble With Arced Simtel20 Files
Message-ID: <1039@kosman.UUCP>
Date: 4 Dec 89 16:12:21 GMT
References: <8643.2572b0cb@ecs.umass.edu>
Reply-To: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Root)
Organization: K.O.'s Manor - Vital Computer Systems, Oxnard, CA 93035
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In article <8643.2572b0cb@ecs.umass.edu> fritz@ecs.umass.edu writes:
>I have recently started downloading some files from the SIMTEL20 system.  The
>only problem is that when I download them and try to UN-ARC them...they all
>seem to have a CRC MISMATCH and the file is automatically marked corrupt.  Is
>there some sort of special ARC program I should be using?  I've tried PAK, and
>PKXARC and they both giveK8 the same trouble.  

I don't want to presume, but...

I had a problem like this.  I was uudecoding on a unix system and using
kermit to send the .ARC file to my PC.  The problem was that I was forgetting
to 'set file type binary' on the unix end.  The .ARC was getting clobbered
but there was enough there for the archive program to partly recognize
the file.

So, take a look at how you're doing the equivalent transfer.