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From: sl3rz@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: HELP!!  Hopelessly lost newcommer
Message-ID: <1991May26.193512.47911@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 27 May 91 01:35:12 GMT
Organization: Utah State University
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  Being a newcommer to the wide-world of file transfers, I have a really basic
and yet frustrating problem.  Other than gif files that I have downloaded from
various ftp sites all over the net are apparantly packed in some way.  I have
been unable to run any of the files that I have downloaded.  

  The procedure for downloading that I have used in the past is to ftp from
wherever to my VAX and/or UNIX account here at Utah State Univ.  From there I
transfer via kermit to my machine.  All transfers are in binary mode (I didn't
want to take the chance of loosing a high bit during transfer) and in all but
one or two cases, the transfers have been completely error free.

  My question is:  what is the program that I need to unpack these files and
where can I get it? _or_  What am I doing wrong?

  ANY suggestions, advice, helpful hints, etc. will be greatly appreciated. 
Send them to my account directly (since I generally don't spend alot of time in
news).  Thanks in advance.

                                                Corwin L. Christensen
                                                IN%"sl3rz@cc.usu.edu"