Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!vela!rigel.acs.oakland.edu!w8sdz From: w8sdz@rigel.acs.oakland.edu (Keith Petersen) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: tenex vs. binary (was: Re: GARBO.UWASA.FI) Keywords: ftp Message-ID: <5475@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Date: 20 Mar 91 22:19:47 GMT References: <12011@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> <1991Mar19.110958.17619@uwasa.fi> <3067@bimacs.BITNET> <1991Mar19.203443.21165@agate.berkeley.edu> <6978@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> <1991Mar20.045439.11391@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au> <5472@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Sender: news@vela.acs.oakland.edu Organization: The SIMTEL20 Archives Lines: 15 valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty) writes: >So, the net result of this is that you should never user tenex, right? >(I had noticed as well that binary seemed to work just fine. In fact, I >set binary everywhere, and I just wish it were the default for FTP) The answer is that if your host has a byte-order compatible with SIMTEL20 you can use binary mode. If the files can't be read, try tenex mode. Big-Endian versus Little-Endian. (sigh) Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's MSDOS, MISC & CP/M archives [IP address 26.2.0.74] Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil or w8sdz@vela.acs.oakland.edu Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND