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- From: jacobs@cerritos.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: ftp'd files won't binhex or anything!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.113305.6945@cerritos.edu>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 19:33:05 GMT
- References: <bondir.40.0@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu>
- Organization: Cerritos College, Norwalk CA
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- In article <bondir.40.0@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu>, bondir@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu writes:
- > What am I doing wrong? The only files I download via ftp from sites that I
- > can "revive" are ones that end in .hqx. These I download on an IBM to a
- > DOS floppy, read it on a Mac with a SuperDrive and AccessPC, deBinHex with
- > CompactPro, and then either unstuffit or uncompact, no problem. Files ending
- > in anything else, even in familiar old .SIT, I can neither unstuff nor
- > deBinHex. I always get in ftp after typing "binary" first. What am I doing
- > wrong?
- >
- I have the same problem with my system. Apparently any file other than
- those in .hqx format are actually a Mac file, even while being downloaded. This
- even applies to files in MacBinary that all the people with ethernet cards in
- their Macs love. As far as I know, those of us who have to download through a
- pc have know other option but to look for files in .hqx, anything else doesn't
- survive the transfer through an ibm.
-
- If any of you wizards out ther have a solution, please let us know,
-
- Karl
- .
-