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From: pretzel@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Daniel L Premetz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: OK, I've had the trial.  Where's the jubilation?
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Date: 15 Jun 91 02:54:00 GMT
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Ok people, this is the deal.

I want to download software to my IIfx.  I read 'Answers to Frequently Asked
Questions' first and proceeded to FTP Giffer from sumex.  The transfer was
done in binary (Type set to I).  I then removed the file's header using a text
editor and downloaded it to my Mac via XModem.  My terminal program is
Red Ryder 10.3.  I wasn't sure if I should download the file in text or binary
so I did both.  The resultant files left in my Mac folder were both in text
icon form (that is, I could open both using Word 4.0).  I then used
StuffIt/AO 1.5.1 to decode (deBinHex) them.  StuffIt wanted to name both
decoded files Gifr110.sit, but I named one Gifrt110.sit instead.  When I tried
to use StuffIt to remove the .sit suffixes, no files were listed when I
selected 'Unpack File...'  At this point, both decoded files were still in
text icon form.  I then used Disk Tools II to change the files' types from
TEXT to APPL.  When I did this, both icons changed to vices.  Summarizing,
none of these files work worth a damn.  What's the scoop?