Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!ncar!boulder!cires!rob
From: rob@cires.colorado.edu (Rob Cuthbertson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Problems Unpacking Kermit 3.84
Keywords: help!
Message-ID: <141@cires.colorado.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 89 21:18:39 GMT
Reply-To: cires%rob@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Rob Cuthbertson)
Organization: CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Well, I have been unable to reach cc.columbia.edu this past week, but I ftp'ed
a copy of ker384.x (1, 2, &3) from a site in Kentucky (thanx guys!) and 
downloaded it to my Apple ][+ using AE Pro 4.3 (ProDOS).  I converted the files
to DOS 3.3 using CONVERT from the B side of the AE disk, and put them on a 
data disk formatted from the Apple System Master disk.  When I try to EXEC the
first two files, I get as far as the "Checking to see that all file names are
spelled correctly and that there is enough space on the disk" message, and
then it hangs.  The disk drive is still spinning, and the head is moving back
and forth at about 1/4 second intervals.  

Has anyone else seen this happen?  If so, did you manage to recover anything
from these files?  Any guesses as to WHY this happens?

Does anyone know when cc.columbia.edu will be reachable again?  (I haven't
done ANY looking around to see what the problem might be yet)

I don't care if you post answers or mail them to me, but if you know what is
going on, please answer somehow.

--Rob Cuthbertson
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