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Subject: SIMTEL20 vs. VMS   ...or SIMTEL 1, VAX none
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Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 16:46:59 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  2 16:46:59 1987
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Ok, my turn to put in my 2 cents.  I tried for quite a while to get
files from SIMTEL20 onto a VAX a short while ago.  The VAX that I
was using was running CMU TCP/IP, and here's the command that I
tried first:

RECEIVE PD:<MSDOS.xxx>file.ARC file.ARC /TYPE=IMAGE

Nothin doin.  The 36 vs. 32 bit image types killed each other.  Then,
I tried this:

QUOTE TYPE L 8
RECEIVE PD:<MSDOS.xxx>file.ARC file.ARC

This worked!  ...or at least I thought it did.  I was able to FTP back
a small binary file, and then unarc it.  Note the keyword - small.  I
then, thinking that I'd beaten the system, tried a larger file.  After
a while, VMS gagged because the record length was too long.  That was
as far as I got.  Anyone know how to get a longer (unlimited) record
length in a  file on VMS.

Sorry guys, I know this isn't really Z100 related, but I thought I'd
add to the existing conversation.  No flames please, I gave at the
office.


Ken