Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!scapa!wong From: wong@cs.UAlberta.CA (Brian Wong) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: VRAM386 in SIMTEL20 corrupted?? Keywords: simtel20 vram386.zip sysutl Message-ID: Date: 16 Mar 91 09:58:49 GMT References: <5412@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Lines: 24 wong@cs.UAlberta.CA (Brian Wong) writes: >This is how I download vram386.zip: >1. ftp it from 26.2.0.74. yes I DID use tenex mode. > the second time I tried 128.252.135.4 and I used binary mode. >2. uuencode the file, get a file called vram386.uue >3. use 1k-xmodem program to download the text file to my pc >4. uudecode the file then pkunzip >I have download several files before and there is no problem. >When I tried to decode vram386.uue, it gave an error message: >End of file encountered. enter name of another uue file. >I check vram386.uue and there are the 'begin' and 'end' statements and it >looks OK. >I guessed I incorrectly jump to the conclusion that the original >zip file is corrupted. >What have I done wrong here? >How come the procedure works for many other files but not vram?? I use the same procedure on 128.214.12.37 and the file can be downloaded correctly. Still don't know why it didn't work for the other two sites. Thanks a lot.