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From: stowe@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Fox in Sox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: CAN'T DECODE--HELP!
Message-ID: <21761@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 89 21:55:30 GMT
References: <890606.22525570.008466@SFA.CP6>
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In article <890606.22525570.008466@SFA.CP6> Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes:

 >    Folks, I know that this is old stuff, but I'm having problems.

No comments... *grin*


 >    When I attempt to deARC the programs, I get a BAD FILE--CRC FAILS
 >CHECK error.  I get this error in spite of all my utilities.
 >    The .doc files survive.  I can read them.
 >    Why oh why can't I unencode these files?

Well, I don't know what kind of network system type CP-6 is on, but I do
know that on occasion IBM-type machines (read: EBCDIC) have a nasty
tendency to try to translate characters from what they really should be.
Perhaps this is the problem you're having.  Unfortunately, I don't remember
which characters anymore and what the fix is - but perhaps someone does.
I do remember that when I substituted all those chars in a UUE file, it
unARCd like a champ.

Any other oldies out there remember?








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