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From: laba-4an@web3a.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: GS Programs. . . Please!
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Date: 5 May 88 03:17:38 GMT
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In article <537@n8emr.UUCP> lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) writes:
>
>1. When I exec executioner (which I knew about) I get something called
>executioner.mod - but no note as to what the Modification was.  Could
>someone elaborate?

???

>2. When I exec George.exe, I cannot extract it using blu 2.28.

It DOES extract, despite the "checksum failure messages".  Don't worry about
it.

>3. When I execute BLU 2.29, I got Blu 2.28 - and the author knows nothing
>about a Blu 2.29.

There doesn't appear to be any.  I would recommend using the "older"
version... (viruses, anyone?)

>4. When I attemp]ed to exec P8.SETUP I was unable to get it to work.

Try downloading it again to make sure that something didn't go wrong.

>5. I have tried numerous times to get mail thru to whitney@think.com -
>though our local path databasii say that you talk to rutgers, rutgers
>denies this strenously.  Can you help from your end?

Any comments, sewall@uconnvm?  You seem to know more about mailers than
anybody else...

>6. I have NEVER gotten a successful EZ Install from the Kermit 3.* software
>distribution.  Could someone upload the DOS 3.3 Binary II creation and
>splitting programs?  Perhaps THOSE could be used if folks still object (sigh)
>to using a superious operating system.

I'm not sure it matters where the program is unpacked.  Just convert it
using "convert" or Copy II Plus.

>7. Has anyone compared Executioner 4 bit against uuencode, atob, or
>binhex?  Why cannot we use the 6 bit Executioner - it saves a LOT of space!

Bitnet mail gets hosed by 6 bit encoding.  Perhaps someone could explain
the [lack of] virtues for uuencode/atob.  Of course, a primary reason for
not using uuencode is that most people don't have uudecode for their
Apple, and who wants to worry about UNIX fudging their binaries?
>
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laba-4an@widow.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)

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