Downloading Problems
When downloading Acorn software using an Acorn Web Browser, there are usually no problems. The problems occur when trying to download Acorn software on a PC Browser such as Netscape.
Jibberish appears on the screen and/or the file appears as text when trying to download
This is because the browser does not recognise this as a binary file, and attempts to display it as HTML rather than download it as a file.
- Click on 'Save as HTML' or 'Save as Source' on the browser, and save the file to a disc.
- Transfer the file to an Acorn computer
- Change the file type accordingly (ff8=Absolute, arc=Archive, zip=Archive)
- For ZIP files, !SparkPlug, !Spark, !SparkFS or PKZip are needed. You can download SparkPlug from here.
The file should now be ready for use. With some programs, it may need to be extracted from the archive before use.
http://www.alphapro.demon.co.uk/
9th May 1998