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From: naughton%wind@Sun.COM (Patrick Naughton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: grape.ecs.clarkson.edu (Tenex???)
Summary: grape is running DOS not TOPS-20.
Keywords: problems with anonymous ftp
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Date: 21 Dec 88 23:39:42 GMT
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In article <1152> jmoore@pc.ecn.purdue.edu (James D Moore) writes:
>
>While we are on the subject ..... has anyone been able to get files
>from grape.ecs.clarkston[sic].edu?
>I have been doing the following
>things : (1) cd to the apropriate directory (no problem here) 
>	 (2) list the files (no problem here either)
>******* (3) tenex (system comes back and says it is OK)
>	 (4) get filename.arc (where filename is the desired one)
>
>After the last one I just simple get a message that says it is trying
>to RETR the file and the system just sits there until I kill it off.
>
>Jim Moore
>jmoore@cimlab.ecn.purdue.edu

Replace the 'tenex' in step 3 with 'binary', and you'll fare better.

grape.soe.clarkson.edu is a PC running NET. 'tenex' works on simtel20
because it is some flavor of 36 bit machine running TOPS-20.

-Patrick
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