jwhitman@st-louis-emh2.army.mil (Jerry Whitman) (03/08/89)
Well, I seem to have a knack for making the simple difficult. I FTP'd two executable programs at different times this past week, but ran into the same problem with both. This would lead me to think I may have a problem with how I am doing this. Procedure: FTP (Binary Mode) from AMIGA archives at UIUC (Bob Page) to get AMIGA.zoo. Same procedure from XANTH (Tad Guy) to get YABOING!. Both are advertised as the binary version. FTP receiver is Sperry 6000 with UNIX Ver V.2. Later, at home, dial up via VT100 ver 2.6, image mode. Start Kermit server on the Sperry 6000 and get one of the binary modules. Transfer is OK. Module size at origin, my host and the AMIGA are the same. Now, try to execute it. THUD!!! Module is not is not an OBJECT type. Do I need to do something as simple as setting a flag to let Amy know it is an executable? If so, how best done?? If not, what do I need to do, or do I need a different approach to the FTP process? Thanks again. Perhaps some day I will get enough experience under my belt that these simpleton questions will cease. (Or does it get worse with time and experience?????) Regards Jerry