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From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ftp...Help!
Keywords: help, ftp
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.020347.25253@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 25 Jan 91 02:03:47 GMT
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crane@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Stephen Crane) writes:

>I recently read an article from this group about frequently asked
>questions. It explained how to get BinSCII off of tybalt.caltech.edu in
>executioner format.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^ wrong. Somebody fix the FAQ post please!

the binscii.exe file on tybalt is NOT executioner. last summer I was trying
to help a couple of people whose download path make executioner dizzy. I wrote
an auto-extracter of my own that is entirely in applesoft (basic.system) and
is more robust than executioner (albeit slower; the idea is to get binscii
running so you can use it for everything else).

> I followed the directions, but when I tried to get
>BinSCII, the response was that it was not in that directory.

ftp [131.215.139.100]           (or ftp tybalt.caltech.edu)
anonymous
user@node.place.domain
cd pub/apple2
get binscii.exe

If the above doesn't work (try the ftp without the [] also) then something
is really wrong. Also

get binscii.txt

which is a tutorial I wrote about binscii and the binscii.exe file itself.
The tutorial sort of assumes that the .exe file is appended to it when it
talks about the .exe file -- this is because I usually mail them to people
with the tutorial and the .exe appended after it.

I can't help you with downloading unless I know what terminal program you're
using.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu