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From: w8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen)
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Subject: Re: tenex vs. binary (was: Re: GARBO.UWASA.FI)
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Date: 20 Mar 91 17:43:35 GMT
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rcotl@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Tim Liddelow [The Mad Monk]) writes:
> Transfers from simtel-20 in binary mode work fine here.

That's because about six months ago SIMTEL20 modified the TOPS-20 FTP
server so that when a user requests binary mode the server uses tenex
mode for binary files and transfers text files as-is with CRLF end of
lines.  This means that if you use binary mode to get all files they
will be received in a form that's MS-DOS compatible, whether they be
ARCs, ZIPs, or text files.

If you use tenex mode the binary files will transfer ok but the text
files will be received as garbage.  If you have questions about this,
please send email to:   Action@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL

Keith
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