[comp.sys.apple2] downloading

ec142123@pc.usl.edu (Leece Matt B) (05/06/90)

It seems that there are hundreds if not thousands of programs for me to
download in this network, however the are all just out of reach.  I am
currently working on from a unix system at my University.  I have no 
problem getting the files into my directory.  Then i proced to x-modem the
file to my //e at home.  Then I try to unshrink it or what ever using
Binary(something or another.)  But it never works.  However when I tried to 
download a file from a loacal BBS i had no problem.  

Do I need a Kermit program.  If I do, how do I get one seeing that I can't
download it from this way.  My university has Kermit of IBM's and Mac's but
not apple II's.
WHat to do....

Lost in La. (that's Louisiana, not Los Angeles).

AG0514@ALBNYVMS.BITNET (AppleEnthusiast) (05/06/90)

        Are the programs that you are downloading in the BinSCII format?
Meaning: Somewhere at the head of the file does it have something that
looks like this:  FileStartFileSTart???  If it does then you do not need kermit
but need to download BinSCII first, then you may convert it to a form that
Shrinkit recognizes....