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From: jrd@STONY-BROOK.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM (John R. Dunning)
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Subject: Using terminator
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Date: 21 Dec 89 18:56:00 GMT
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    Date: 20 Dec 89 21:29:28 GMT
    From: ncrlnk!ncrwic!wsucsa!mwjester@uunet.uu.net

    In article <8912200810.AA15979@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, 0C109@AECLCR.BITNET (Donald Simmons) writes:
    >      I have been having a problem trying to get files from the terminator
[...]
       1) at FTP> prompt, enter SET TYPE I

Careful.  Not all the files on terminator are binary.  Some are ascii,
in particular the ones Donald Simmons said he was trying to retrieve.

You should use Ascii mode for the files like .BAS and .TXT, binary mode
for .ARC.  The readme file attempts to give some hints about what files
are what, and how to go about retreiving them.

    Note: if you issue a DIR command, type is reset to A (ASCII), 

... in some FTP user end implementations...
								  and you will need
    to redo the SET TYPE I command.

... if you wanted binary.

The real caveat here is that you need to know whether you expect a text
or binary file, and make sure your FTP is set up accordingly.