Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!agate!shelby!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!hhdist From: TDSTRONG%MTUS5.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (* Tim Strong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: RE: Why ASC over UUENCODE? Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 91 17:02:57 GMT Lines: 17 Return-path: <@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU:TDSTRONG@MTUS5.BITNET> In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 12 Feb 1991 05:41 CST To: handhelds@gac.edu > >I am having a real hard time trying to see why ASC is preferred over UUENCODE. >Here are my points against ASC: >... Your arguments are probably quite sound for one who has UUENCODE available. However while UUENCODE may be a standard I don't have it available and I'm probably not the only one. Second of all I've never had trouble using ASC. Most of the problems people are having seems to be with the fact that they are forgetting to remove the linefeeds at the end of some of the lines that the net adds in. My kermit can be set to remove these so its not a problem. Perhaps the best solution is to post it both ways if possible. ====================================================================== ___ :__) _ _: _ _ Tim Strong : \ (_: (_: (_: : Michigan Tech. Houghton, Michigan ======================================================================