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From: ck31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christopher Bruce Kidwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: FTPing from wsmr-simtel20.army.mil
Message-ID: <UcNaqP600Vos4D00od@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 24 Jun 91 22:09:31 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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>       I've been trying to download some really neat sounding software from
>wsmr-simtel20.army.mil, but whenever I try to use the get command it responds
>with some garbage about the file I am trying to get is not 7 or 32 bit...not
>an ascii file. How am I supposed to get the files I want. The ftp files are
>on a simtel 20 mainframe which I am not familiar with. Can anyone help me?

Always use tenex mode when downloading from simtel.

Chris Kidwell
ck31+@andrew.cmu.edu