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- From: phabm@saturn.mahidol.ac.th (Araya Pamonprawat - PHST)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: How to Download files from NCF
- Date: 15 Jan 1996 13:32:57 GMT
- Organization: Mahidol University, Thailand
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- Carol Laviolette (cx765@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
-
- : I have been having difficulties downloanding files from NCF. I've
- : saved them called cfs1 tr cfs 38 and I have a Packard Bell Pentium
- : 133 with modem speed of 28,800 but have it set for l4,400 for NCF.
- : Please help with downloading these files as I heed them .
-
- What is NCF? Do you know what file transfer program your modem software
- is using? Zmodem is the best for up/down loading under most conditions,
- but under some conditions other programs are better. Are the files you're
- downloading ascii files or binary files? If they are binary files eg .zip
- or .gif then you will have to set the binary mode function in the file
- transfer program eg sz -b bigpic.gif (send Zmodem binary)
-