[comp.sys.apple2] ummts.cc.umich.edu pc5

kjs39186@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kent Squires) (03/21/91)

OK, the dumbest guy in the world is STILL having problems with the archives
on ummts.cc.umich.edu under the pc5 directory.  I can't BinSCII the ones that
have to be BinCII'd and the ones that say they are not in a packed format just
have garbage in them, like they were in a packed format...what's the deal.

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SOFT14@dist.dist.unige.it (Fabrizio Rossi) (03/21/91)

In article <1991Mar20.182746.3286@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, kjs39186@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kent Squires) writes:
|> OK, the dumbest guy in the world is STILL having problems with the archives
|> on ummts.cc.umich.edu under the pc5 directory.  I can't BinSCII the ones that
|> have to be BinCII'd and the ones that say they are not in a packed format just
|> have garbage in them, like they were in a packed format...what's the deal.
|>

You must transfer the files in ASCII mode, not in BINARY.
I think the files are in EBCDIC (or whatever is called the stupid ibm format).
FTP ASCII automatically converts them.

I hope your problem was this one.


                                                SOFT14