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From: marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: binary downloads
Summary: Uudecode and then use KERMIT.
Keywords: binaries Kermit ProComm uudecode uuencode
Message-ID: <398@rna.UUCP>
Date: 2 Mar 89 02:41:37 GMT
References: <241@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <327@rruxd.UUCP>
Reply-To: marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson)
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Organization: Rockefeller University Neurobiology
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In article <241@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, pthiesse@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Paul Thiessen) writes:
> Hello. 
>   How do you take binary-type files off of this network and into a PC? I
> assume there are conversion programs necessary. What are they? I have PAK on
> my PC (a new PKARC compatible program), and a UNIX system to access this
> network.
>   I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.
> 
>              Paul Thiessen

If you're speaking of files encoded in "uuencode" form, you'll need to run
them through "uudecode" first.  This should be available on most UNIX systems.
(Uuencode converts binary bytes to an ASCII representation of their hex values.)
This usually yields a .ARC file (binary) which you can download to your
PC using any communications program that uses the Kermit protocol.  I believe
a version of Kermit is available on many UNIX systems.  On the PC side, you'll
also need a Kermit-speaking program, like PC-Kermit itself, or ProComm.
Then, once you get the goodies to the PC, you'll have to un-ARC them using
any of the myriad archivers (ARC512, PKARC, PKPAK, PKZIP, etc.).

By the way, uudecode is finicky about the files' format--strip out any excess
text before the "BEGIN---CUT HERE" and the "END---CUT HERE" lines, including
those lines themselves.

Good luck.

marc

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