[comp.sys.mac.apps] Stuffit 1.6 problems

werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) (11/10/90)

In <1009@intelisc.isc.intel.com> cfj@isc.intel.com (Charlie Johnson) writes:

>I FTPed Stuffit 1.6 from RASCAL.ICS.UTEXAS.EDU and am having some problems
>installing it.  First a couple of questions. Should have I FTPed it in
>binary mode ?? (I didn't.) When I try to run the installer, I get a finder
>out of memory message.  If I do a get info on the file, the application memory
>size is set to n/a.  Am I just confused here ?? 

	well, let me take this opportunity to show off my archives a little
	and demonstrate why posting the question (or emailing it to me,
	heaven forbid) could have been avoided with a little "looking
	around" (besides, why not try a binary FTP before asking the world?!)

rascal% cd ~ftp/mac/compression
/usr2/ftp/mac/compression
rascal% ll Stuffit_Classic_1.6_*
 384 -rw-r--r--  2 werner     378240 Nov  5 15:05 Stuffit_Classic_1.6_SIT_bin
									  ^^^
   2 -rw-r--r--  2 werner       1265 Nov  5 15:05 Stuffit_Classic_1.6_intro
rascal% cd ..
rascal% l 0*
/usr2/ftp/mac
0.OWNER-of-this-directory       00.about.binary-files
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^		^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
0.README-for-this-directory     00.about.compressed-files
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
0.ftp-example.SIMTEL20          00.pointers.to.other.archives
					^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
0.ftp-example.SUMEX-AIM         00.problem.with.binaries
00-how-to-submit-new-files      00.sumex-changes
00.WUSGATE-mirrors-SUMEX

	while the files are not updated often, they are a start to get you
	onto the right track.

	I also welcome suggestions, corrections and contributions of
	HELP-files.