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From: funkstr@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Larry Hastings)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Help please: format of .FOR and .C files in SIMTEL?
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Date: 20 Aug 90 22:32:09 GMT
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+-In article <15257.26c68641@levels.sait.edu.au>, marwk@levels.sait.edu.au wrote:-
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| On simtel some files have an extension of .C or .FOR as, for example,
| pd1:[msdos.fortran]weekday.for does.
| 
| I expected this file to be in ASCII format - but it is not!
| What format is it in?  What format are the other .C files in?
| 
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They _are_ in ASCII format.  However, they won't transfer well if you've
set tenex (8-bit transfer) mode.  If you get the files in 7-bit transfer mode
(the mode you start up in -- DON'T type "tenex") then it'll be fine.  I know --
I got pd1:<msdos.c>weekday.c just the other night.

This is true of .TXT files as well as .C and .FOR files -- transfer all those
in 7-bit mode.
--
larry hastings, the galactic funkster, funkstr@ucscb.ucsc.edu

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