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From: rogers@orion.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Brynn Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: getting downloaded stuff to work.
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Date: 20 Dec 88 15:03:48 GMT
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Reply-To: rogers@orion.UUCP (Brynn Rogers)
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center, Camden, MN
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I Have been having some trouble getting most things I download to work.

This is what I do:
   when I am reading news (rn) I save the files that are interesting 
   later I use PC-NFS to copy all the stuff from SUNs down to a PC.
   I copy it to my harddrive on my home system (AT clone)
   I use UNIX2DOS to get the end-of-lines fixed.
   I edit the news header out (everything before the part01/02 or begin line)
   I use uudecode to turn it into a something.arc file. (no errors reported)
	 (I use a uudecode I got off of the simtel20, I don't know which)
   I use PKARC to turn it into real files.   (this is what gives me a problem)

for example when I use pkarc on the EGATREK.ARC it works fine for the first
couple files and then it hits the .EXE file and I wait a while and have to reboot
  other files work untill it sees a .EXE and then it tells me that
  whatever.ARC is not an archive.

  The only files I have successfully transfered useing this method are
  CLUTTER.ARC (which has no .EXE)
  COMMANDO.ARC (has an .EXE but it is very short)

 I have also downloaded 30+ Meg from the simtel20 using this 
 technique (Except I don't have to uudecode or unix2dos)
 and haven't had anyproblem with PKARC.

If anyone could tell me what I am doing wrong, I would greatly appreciate it.

'Seek out new life and civilizations'	| Brynn Rogers    Honeywell S&RC
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