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- From: eric@wolf359.UUCP (Eric Edwards)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Longest FTP route ?????
- Message-ID: <QdGZr*KP0@wolf359.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 05:02:12 GMT
- References: <1992Oct29.175958.3411@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au>
- Organization: Engineers in Exile
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- In article <1992Oct29.175958.3411@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au>, mieng01@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au writes:
-
- > I was just wondering if I have the longest, most long winded way
- > of getting FTP downloads onto my amiga. Here is the path my
- > software takes.....
- [.short path deleted]
-
- A few years back I helped someone with limited bitnet access get files
- from ftp sites. At it's most verbose point, I beleive it went something
- like this:
-
- 1) Grab stuff from Finnish ftp site to VM/CMS monster (first atlantic crossing)
- 2) Ship files via RSCS to VAX running VMS
- 3) UUENCODE files on VAX
- 4) Ship files back to VM/CMS machine via RSCS
- 5) Split/Send files via Bitnet to VMS machine in Israel (second atlantic
- crossing)
- 6) Files downloaded to Messydos machine (5.25" floppies)
- 7) On another PC, files are copied to 3.5" 720k floppies
- 8) Files copied to Amiga via CrossDOS
- 9) Files rejoined
- 10) Files uudecoded
-
- An of course, at this point you have a zoo file...
-
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