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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: What unpacks .BSQ files?
Message-ID: <14266@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 28 Oct 90 00:57:33 GMT
References: <8251@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <8251@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu (The Unknown User) writes:
>	They were downloaded from the ftp site at tybalt.caltech.edu, and
>it says it uses binary mode when you first log on, so they were apparently
>sent in binary mode.

Since they consist entirely of printable text, binary transfer is not
strictly necessary.

I notice that most of those particular files have junk before the first
line, which should contain "FiLeStArTfIlEsTaRt".  Perhaps editing the
files to remove the preliminary junk would help.