sl3rz@cc.usu.edu (05/27/91)
Being a newcommer to the wide-world of file transfers, I have a really basic
and yet frustrating problem. Other than gif files that I have downloaded from
various ftp sites all over the net are apparantly packed in some way. I have
been unable to run any of the files that I have downloaded.
The procedure for downloading that I have used in the past is to ftp from
wherever to my VAX and/or UNIX account here at Utah State Univ. From there I
transfer via kermit to my machine. All transfers are in binary mode (I didn't
want to take the chance of loosing a high bit during transfer) and in all but
one or two cases, the transfers have been completely error free.
My question is: what is the program that I need to unpack these files and
where can I get it? _or_ What am I doing wrong?
ANY suggestions, advice, helpful hints, etc. will be greatly appreciated.
Send them to my account directly (since I generally don't spend alot of time in
news). Thanks in advance.
Corwin L. Christensen
IN%"sl3rz@cc.usu.edu"lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green) (05/28/91)
In article <1991May26.193512.47911@cc.usu.edu> sl3rz@cc.usu.edu writes: [...edited for brevity...] | The procedure for downloading that I have used in the past is to ftp from |wherever to my VAX and/or UNIX account here at Utah State Univ. From there I |transfer via kermit to my machine. All transfers are in binary mode (I didn't |want to take the chance of loosing a high bit during transfer) and in all but |one or two cases, the transfers have been completely error free. | | My question is: what is the program that I need to unpack these files and |where can I get it? _or_ What am I doing wrong? Corwin, For files on FTP sites that end in .bsq you will need to transfer them using ASCII instead of binary. Don't worry about losing a high bit for them because binscii files only use the low-bit ascii chars. To unpack the files, you will need Binscii (or GScii NDA) and Shrinkit (or GShrinkit if you have a GS). Run your FTP'ed files through Binscii then through Shrinkit. Binscii is available in EXE format on tybalt.caltech.edu (pub/apple2/binscii.exe) so that all you do is type the following from BASIC: EXE binscii.exe and the program will be created for you. -- Kevin S. Green / lucifer@world.std.com / {xylogics;uunet}!world!lucifer