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From: scasterg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stuart M Castergine)
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Subject: Re: OK, I've had the trial.  Where's the jubilation?
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Date: 18 Jun 91 05:12:43 GMT
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In article <0094A29C.8889B0A0@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu> price@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price) writes:
>In article <13121@uwm.edu>, pretzel@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Daniel L Premetz) writes:
>>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).  
>
>This is your problem.  All files on sumex are in .hqx (BinHex) format.  You 
>need to download them in text format, then unBinHex them (with either 
>BinHex4.0 or Stuffit or whatever you like to use), and *then* unstuff them.
>

I noticed another problem. the person selected the "Unpack Files..."
option in Stuffit. That is for _PackIt_ files, not Stuffit Files. To
unstuff a Stuffit file, you need to select Open Archive from the File
menu.



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scasterg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  Stuart M Castergine
"Step by step they were led to practices which disposed to vice -- the
lounge, the bath, the elegant banquet. All this in their ignorance
they called civilisation, when it was but part of their servitude."