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From: ersys!crs@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Chris Gregors)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Compuserve .sit to IBM to MAC = problem
Message-ID: <c1DFT1w163w@ersys.uucp>
Date: 30 Nov 90 01:29:47 GMT
References: <90333.014526BKL100@psuvm.psu.edu>
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BKL100@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

> I have downloaded a stuffed binary file from Compuserve onto my IBM pc.
> However, when I transfer the MS-DOS binary file to a MacIntosh via a
> Superdive with Apple file transfer utility, Stuffit fails to recognize the
> file as "unstuffable".  The Apple file transfer format is set to the default
> (binary translation) and I still have the problem.  Do I have to download the
> file directly to the Mac, or am I just doing something stupid?
 
The problem relates to the Macintosh using the Mac-Binary Format
for Xmodem transfers. The solutions are many:
 1. Transfer the files from Cserv using The Mac and Xmodem in Mac-binary mode
 2. If the files are on an IBM then use a terminal program on the
    Mac to transfer the files of the IBM using the Mac-binary format
    of an Xmodem transfer.
 3. Transfer the files to the Mac by diskette using File Exchange and
    then use two copies of your terminal program under Multi-finder on
    the printer and modem ports and transfer the files from one terminal
    program to the other.
 
If you choose option 3, I've had good success doing this at 57600 Baud
using Microphone II