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From: rcharbon@athena.mit.edu (Ray Charbonneau)
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Subject: Re: ARC to upack SIMTEL directory file
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Date: 30 Jan 91 15:08:16 GMT
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In article <8284@emcard.UUCP>, mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) writes:
|> I reuested a new directory from the SIMTEL server and apparently the
|> ARC that I have is not up to the job of unpacking it. I get the message
|> "try a newer version of ARC" or something to that effect. Could someone
|> either E-mail me a new ARC or give me the directory and filename on SIMTEL.
|> 
 
I'll bet you didn't change the file transfer type to 'binary' before ftp'ing.

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