greenber@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Brian Greenberg) (12/15/88)
Someone please humor me, while I display my ignorance.
How do I download the files in comp.binaries.ibm.pc and then put them
into an executable form? I'm new at this, and I don't want to waste
my time downloading if I can't run the programs!
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________________________________________________________________noren@dinl.uucp (Charles Noren) (12/16/88)
In article <6723@netnews.upenn.edu> greenber@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Brian Greenberg) writes: >Someone please humor me, while I display my ignorance. > >How do I download the files in comp.binaries.ibm.pc and then put them >into an executable form? I'm new at this, and I don't want to waste >my time downloading if I can't run the programs! Humor me too :-) ! -- Chuck Noren NET: ncar!dinl!noren US-MAIL: Martin Marietta I&CS, MS XL8058, P.O. Box 1260, Denver, CO 80201-1260 Phone: (303) 971-7930
jose@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Alberto Jose) (12/16/88)
In article <808@dinl.mmc.UUCP> noren@dinl.UUCP (Charles Noren) writes: >In article <6723@netnews.upenn.edu> greenber@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Brian Greenberg) writes: >>Someone please humor me, while I display my ignorance. >> >>How do I download the files in comp.binaries.ibm.pc and then put them >>into an executable form? I'm new at this, and I don't want to waste >>my time downloading if I can't run the programs! > >Humor me too :-) ! Yeah, could you humor me as well...thanx in advance. Archie -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- |"Hey piss boy, | Killer Boy Jose O O | | Wait for the shake!" | jose@andromeda.rutgers.edu ^ | | -Mel Brooks | jose@draco.rutgers.edu \_/ | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
pjh@mccc.UUCP (peter j holsberg) (12/17/88)
In article <808@dinl.mmc.UUCP> noren@dinl.UUCP (Charles Noren) writes: =In article <6723@netnews.upenn.edu> greenber@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Brian Greenberg) writes: =>Someone please humor me, while I display my ignorance. => =>How do I download the files in comp.binaries.ibm.pc and then put them =>into an executable form? I'm new at this, and I don't want to waste =>my time downloading if I can't run the programs! Well, you don't have to download them -- they are already on the machine that you are reading the news on! Just use the "w" command to write each to a file that ends with .uue. Then, xfr the file to your DOS box, and unencode it. You don't have "uudecode"? Check you local unix machine; the source code is probably there. Oh, next you'll need one of the MSDOS archiver programs. Pete -- Pete Holsberg UUCP: {...!rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh Mercer College CompuServe: 70240,334 1200 Old Trenton Road GEnie: PJHOLSBERG Trenton, NJ 08690 Voice: 1-609-586-4800