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From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: uudecode for EGA monitor
Message-ID: <38@dcs.UUCP>
Date: 3 Mar 88 12:46:00 GMT
References: <1070@deepthot.UUCP>
Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas
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In article <1070@deepthot.UUCP> echan@deepthot.UUCP (Eddie CHan) writes:
>I have a copy of uudecode which works on my IBM PC clone with a Hercules
>compatible but it doesn't work on IBM's CGA or EGA. Do I need a different
>version of uudecode? Or I just need to set some parameters on the machine?

Huh?!?  I fail to see what UUDECODE has to do with the kind of display adapter
you have installed.

If it really is a UNIX-compatible UUDECODE, it is a filter which reads an
encoded file and writes the decoded file according to the information in the
first line of the encoded file. Conversely, UUENCODE reads any file (usually
used for binary files) and writes it out encoded in 7-bit ASCII, with some
file info in the first line.

Even when UUENCODE's output goes to the screen (standard output), it's just
straight text, about 64 characters per line, and should not be affected by
what display card you have.

UUDECODE's output NEVER goes to the screen, if it's working right.
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