JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook) (02/11/88)
I recently tried to install the "MINI-MENU in UltraMacros" that Grant Delaney was kind enough to send to the APPLE2-L list server. After downloading it to my Apple, I got an error when attempting to EXEC the file. I then noticed that the middle of the file contains a short line that only contains "n43f"--so I deleted this line. Now I could EXEC the file, but then I got the message "Binary II header corrupted" from BLU 2.27. Thinking that the file could have been corrupted by a transmission error when it was originally distributed, I requested a new copy from APPLE2-L (its file 88-00509). This copy was identical to the first and got the same error. I would appreciate it if Grant would be kind enough to send another copy to APPLE2-L. Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------- J. Douglas Ashbrook (301) 496-5181 BITNET: JDA@NIHCU ARPA: jda%nihcu.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu National Institutes of Health, Computer Center, Bethesda, MD 20892
JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook) (02/12/88)
> Maybe all the files that are sent should be sent in executioner format that > doesn't use punctuation marks or tildes or carats or any of the other > weird characters that get corrupted when they go thru the gateways. > Maybe use only letters and numbers????? > > Chris I agree completely! What this means is that files should not be sent in EXECUTIONER's 6-bit packing mode. The 4-bit packing mode seems to work fine since no "special" characters are used. Unfortunately, the "MINI-MENU in UltraMacros" file was in 4-bit packing mode. The garbage (and probably lost characters) were most likely caused by transmission errors between the originator (Grant Delaney) and the APPLE2-L list server. ------------------------------------------------------------------- J. Douglas Ashbrook (301) 496-5181 BITNET: JDA@NIHCU ARPA: jda%nihcu.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu National Institutes of Health, Computer Center, Bethesda, MD 20892