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From: halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Garbo.uwasa.fi Troubles
Message-ID: <sq20X2w164w@halcyon.uucp>
Date: 4 Mar 91 09:04:51 GMT
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DM9HMBIW@MIAMIU.BITNET writes:

> For some reason none of the .EXE files I've downloaded from GARBO.UWASA.FI
> will run on mu PC.  They lock it up.  Also, my PKzip won't work with any of t
>  ZIP files I've gotten from there either.

Transfer the files in BINARY mode.  At the ftp prompt type 'type binary'
and go for it.  Let us know what you find.

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