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From: lhb6v@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (Laura H. Burchard)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Pitiful request for help with SIMTEL20
Summary: Oh, please help me...
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Date: 19 Nov 88 06:48:29 GMT
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Reply-To: lhb6v@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (Laura H. Burchard)
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I've been trying for about a week now to get files from SIMTEL20.
I'm ftping them from SIMTEL to a System V LAN, and then across
a dialup to my PC at home. My modem software is Procomm, and I use
the Kermit protocol. 

I use the tenex protocol while ftping, and the files duly arrive on the
LAN. But I CAN'T DOWNLOAD THEM! Every time I try, I get 'bad packet', then
'packet resent', endlessly. The file is named pk361.exe, so it doesn't
appear to be compressed. What's wrong? I've tried with both ascii and
binary, and neither works. 

Also, what are you supposed to do with '.shar' files? sh'ing them
doesn't work, at least with the one I was trying (ARC-SYSV.SHAR1{2}{3}.)
Are you supposed to join the 3 parts before you sh it?

I'm sure this is all really simple stuff, but I'm getting frustrated
nearly to tears...

Laura



Laura Burchard
lhb6v@virginia.edu
Other pathways too, I just haven't figured them out yet.
Cute little quote under construction.