rcoahk@koel.co.rmit.oz (Alvaro Hui Kau) (07/10/90)
Hi all expert! I just ran into a unresolved problem of trying to download files in Macbinary format using 2 different telnet applications, namely : ncsa telnet 2.3.2 MacIP3.03 The problem is as follows : I use Mcvert on the unix host to convert *.hqx to *.bin( or *.sit.bin) then I will use ncsa telnet to download them using macbinary mode. No problem! Recently, I got hold of MacIP3.03. It is a very nice appl and it support macbinary format (was told to!). So I try today to download *.bin from my unix host, ah!!! It won't do it but give me a CRC checksum error! So I thought the may be the file is corrupted. I then try to download another *.bin file I previously downloaded with ncsa telnet, guess what, it give me a CRC checksum error again!! I give up and use ncsa telnet to download the file concerned, telnet happily downloaded my file and everything in the *.sit works!! Why? So I start MacIP again and try upload some appls up in Macbinary mode, it works fine. I try downloading it , and it works fine too but only for those file I uploaded with MacIP. So it doesn't seems to be MacIP 's fault. Then why it doesn't accept *.bin produced by Mcvert and telnet do???? With the same transfer mode??? I was crossed!!! I like MacIP because it was more mac like and the appl is a lot smaller (I was a floppy user, space is important to me!!) rcoahk@koel.co.rmit.oz.au akkh@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au