robby@eiibank.UUCP (Robby Kates) (10/13/87)
Hi. I run news on a 3b2400, and I would like to be able to download the binaries that are posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc. My questions: what software do I need, and how is it done. I know what I'm doing with macintosh binaries, but I need some help with IBM. Thanks much. -Robby Kates ...ihnp4!eiibank!robby ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!kat2
hollen@mana.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck) (10/16/87)
In article <4863@ncoast.UUCP> robby@eiibank.UUCP (Robby Kates) writes: > > Hi. I run news on a 3b2400, and I would like to be able to download the >binaries that are posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc. My questions: what software >do I need, and how is it done. I know what I'm doing with macintosh binaries, >but I need some help with IBM. >Thanks much. >-Robby Kates 1) Use UUDECODE to get a .ARC (generally) file. 2) Use a transfer program (KERMIT, PROCOMM, BITCOM, etc.) one on the host and one on yoiur PC and download the file. 3) Use ARC or PKXARC to unpack the .ARC library. Dion Hollenbeck (619) 455-5590 x2814 Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA 92121 ames!scubed! {sdcsvax,hplabs}!hp-sdd!megatek!hollen sdcsvax!esosun!
pcm@ogcvax.UUCP (Phil Miller) (10/20/87)
In article <4863@ncoast.UUCP> robby@eiibank.UUCP (Robby Kates) writes: > > Hi. I run news on a 3b2400, and I would like to be able to download the >binaries that are posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc. My questions: what software >do I need, and how is it done. In <megatek.208>, Dion Hollenbeck responds: <1) Use UUDECODE to get a .ARC (generally) file. <2) Use a transfer program (KERMIT, PROCOMM, BITCOM, etc.) one on the host <and one on yoiur PC and download the file. <3) Use ARC or PKXARC to unpack the .ARC library. Don't forget 2A) set file type binary <- on remote host (3b2400) (or equivalent) This isn't necessary if transferring text, but .ARC files will get munged if you don't tell kermit it's a binary file. Phil Miller Oregon Graduate Center pcm@ogcvax
bobmon@iucs.UUCP (RAMontante [condition that I not be identified]) (10/26/87)
Just a comment: I download files from a VAX running C-kermit under Unix, to an MSDOS machine running Procomm. I find that the two kermits, in binary-file- type mode, transfer files at half the rate of text files (makes sense, I guess). Since a uuencoded file is only 33% larger than the binary form, and I can download it as a text file, things go faster for me if I download uuencoded files and uudecode them locally.