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From: cloos@acsu.buffalo.edu (James H. Cloos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: W A R N I N G  compress & ftp can corrupt hp48 bin files
Keywords: Ouch!
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Date: 11 Oct 90 02:38:46 GMT
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I've found that compressing files that have been trasnfered from
hp48's to sun's will corrupt them; trying to trasnfer the uncompressed
file back to the hp results in nothing more than a string
"HPHP48-"etc.  This also occurs when transfering a file to the 48 that
has been trasnfered between computers with image mode ftp.  (As I
understand it, Inamge mode is used between differing types of systems
when bin mode is requested.  Bin mode itself is used only between
identical types of systems (ie., a pair of sun4's, etc.).)

I have been able to repeatedly acomplish this "destruction."  As far
as I can tell, though, the uncompressed a/o ftp'ed file looks OK on
the computer. ??? 

Any comments of differing results are gladly accepted.  Well, maybe
not GLADLY, as that means I lost files using utilities that should
have left my stuff OK. :-(

-JimC
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