[comp.sys.amiga] FTP transfer HELPPPPP

beer@ecs.umass.edu (04/06/90)

Hi...
I'm trying to transfer a file from an FTP site to my amiga...
I've got the program onto my school's unix system...
Then I transfer it from there using Baudbandit's xmodem or ymodem...
The file transfer works fine, but when I try to zoo or zip or arc
on any of the files....only some of the files extract properly....
a lot of times my amiga just crashes.....
What am I doing wrong?????
Any help.....
P.S. I am setting the ftp to binary....also, I can transfer stuff with my
friends ibm pc and unzip it fine...
ARgh...
Thanks...
Jeff Beer
internet: beer@ecs.umass.edu
bitnet :  beer@umaecs.bitnet

cs121jj@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (04/11/90)

>The file transfer works fine, but when I try to zoo or zip or arc
>on any of the files....only some of the files extract properly....
>a lot of times my amiga just crashes.....
Perhaps the file you grabbed from the FTP site was bad?  Also, (I'm not sure if this is true with Amiga ARC) but on Amiga Zip,
not all the compression routines are actually coded, so if one is encountered that Zip knows it cannot do, it will tell you:
-->ZIP DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DE____(fill in the unsupported compression routine of your choice) YET!
[or something to that effect]

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