[comp.sys.next] Apps from the ftp sites

sisk@libra.cs.nps.navy.mil (Tamara Sisk) (10/28/90)

Am I doing something incredibly dumb?  About half of the Apps I
get via anonymous ftp from Purdue or Oregon or wherever show up
as TEXT files (you know - with the icon of a generic document).
Why aren't they shown as Apps?  Is there something I need to do
like compile them or makefile them, or are they losing some magic
number inthe transition, or what?

Two examples (from last night) are Mixer and kermit (both in
pub/next/binaries at Purdue)

Any help is appreciated, but if I'm being really dense, you
can spare the insults.

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