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From: pcm@ogcvax.UUCP (Phil Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Question: How to get posted binaries off the net onto an AT
Message-ID: <1465@ogcvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 10:37:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: ogcvax.1465
Posted: Tue Oct 20 10:37:31 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 24-Oct-87 16:08:43 EDT
References: <4863@ncoast.UUCP> <megatek.208>
Reply-To: pcm@ogcvax.UUCP (Phil Miller)
Organization: Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR
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Summary: Don't forget to set file type binary



In article <4863@ncoast.UUCP> robby@eiibank.UUCP (Robby Kates) writes:
>
>  Hi.  I run news on a 3b2400, and I would like to be able to download the
>binaries that are posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc.  My questions: what software
>do I need, and how is it done.

In <megatek.208>, Dion Hollenbeck responds:

<1) Use UUDECODE to get a .ARC (generally) file.  
<2) Use a transfer program (KERMIT, PROCOMM, BITCOM, etc.) one on the host
<and one on yoiur PC and download the file.
<3) Use ARC or PKXARC to unpack the .ARC library.

Don't forget 2A) set file type binary   <- on remote host (3b2400) 
										   (or equivalent)
This isn't necessary if transferring text, but .ARC files will get munged
if you don't tell kermit it's a binary file.

Phil Miller
Oregon Graduate Center
pcm@ogcvax