Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpcvra!prestonb From: prestonb@hpcvra.CV.HP.COM (Preston Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Binary ftp problems from calvin.stanford.edu and gmuvax2.gmu.edu Message-ID: <25590051@hpcvra.CV.HP.COM> Date: 27 Aug 90 18:19:47 GMT References: <6269@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA Lines: 9 >when I download to my PC I use xmodem -sb (not send-text! :) ) Try using kermit to download the file into your PC. XMODEM pads the file with nulls to complete the last packet. This is a common problem since the 48 cares about the whole file. For example, XMODEM cannot be used to download binary files from the HP bulletin board. Preston