Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:6506 comp.os.msdos.misc:1151 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:12377 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!bsu-cs!nowhere From: nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Chael Hall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Problem retrieving archive programs via FTP Keywords: archive FTP Message-ID: <12438@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Date: 14 Feb 91 19:35:07 GMT References: <1991Feb13.042158.25755@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au> <1991Feb13.151655.1358@newcastle.ac.uk> Reply-To: nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Chael Hall) Distribution: comp Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 18 Once you've gotten the files, either you must force an 8-bit transfer from VAX to MS-DOS or you have to UUENCODE or otherwise convert your 8-bit files to 7-bit files so that you can tne UUDECODE them back to 8-bit. This should work correctly, otherwise, you get problems such as you have experienced already. I have the same problems with our UNIX 7-bit kermit and VMS 7-bit kermit. I just use UUENCODE on both.