Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!cognos!crcmar!patrick
From: patrick@crcmar.uucp (Andrew Patrick)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Simtel20 ARC522.EXE
Message-ID: <925@crcmar.uucp>
Date: 7 Sep 88 13:58:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: crcmar.925
References: <3843@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: patrick@crcmar.UUCP (Andrew Patrick)
Followup-To: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Organization: The Communications Research Centre Ottawa, CANADA
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Summary: Use the 'tenex' mode for binary transfer to UNIX

In article <3843@bsu-cs.UUCP> jl42+@psuvax1.UUCP writes:
>I got the ARC522.EXE file from PD1:<MSDOS.ARC-LBR> on Simtel20 and
>when I attempted to execute to to self extract I was told that the
>program is too big to fit in memory. It is about 97K, so that really
>shouldn't be the problem. I did transfer it properly with binary
>mode, etc...; has anyone else had this problem?
>The machine I tried to run it on is a compaq deskpro 386/20 running
>compaq DOS 3.1.

I had a similar problem 'til I read the info files on simtel20.  When
downloading binaries to a UNIX machine, you must use the 'tenex' mode
for transfer.  Also, don't forget to do a binary transfer to the PC.

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