root@unibase.UUCP (Super User) (11/21/88)
I just downloaded some files from compuserve using xmodem
and kermit, and they seemed to arrive ok...ie when I look at
them with the view file option in my telecommunicaitons
program, they seem to list ok.
My problem is that as text files of programs, they need to
be exec'd. When I try to exec them, I gett a number of
beeps following each ], but the program does not load. I
brought back a number of files (updos.exe and dwndos.exe)
that I need to be able to do the binary conversions, but am
beat unless I want to retype them. Has anyone else
encountered such problems, and are there any solutions aside
from re-entering the full programs?
uunet!attcan!utgpu!tmsoft!mcl!unibase!leigh
Leigh Calnek Co-ordinator, Education Technology
3002 Harding St. E. Saskatchewan Education
Regina, Sk. Canada 2220 College Ave.
S4V 0Y4 Regina, Sk. Canada
phone: home (306)789-9007 S4P 3V7
bus. (306)787-9448
-Rich-@cup.portal.com (Richard Sherman Payne) (11/24/88)
Leigh, here is a response I gave to a portal user earlier today. I
hope that CS is somewhat similiar, that is, the files have been run
through EXECutioner. It sounds like the same problem. Good luck...
Hiya Steve,
You should give more address information, I rather doubt that Espo
is enough. To use the text files, first download the files as text files.
Then, you may have to strip extra line feeds. I use my term prog to do that,
I use Point-To-Point. There may also be a non-executable header on the file.
You will have to get rid of any header which is text not starting with a
REM statement. Some large files will cause trouble, and most APple word
processors will read a text file correctly, but not write them correctly
AppleWorks will save a text file to disk in 66 column format (I think), which
cannot be EXECuted. Extra text at the end of the file can be ignored. It will
cause SYNTAX errors, but only after the file has been saved. If all goes well,
a binary, or GIF, or some kinda NON-TEXT file will ba saved on your disk. Make
sure you have room on your disk. I use ProDOS, and am not sure that this will
work under DOS 3.3, and many of the files I work with (GIF) will proly not
fit on a 5.25" disk. If you have more questions, send them to me via E-Mail.
Richard S. Payne
-Rich-@cup.portal.com