mlk@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Matt L Kolehmainen) (06/17/91)
Recently, I have been attempting to download files that are both ".sea" and ".hqx". I first use McVert to go from binhex to macbinary, then I use Kermit to download the file. When I try to open the file, say "Q.sea", on my Mac I get a dialog box claiming that the application "Q.sea" is "missing or damaged". When I send the original binhexed file, and convert it on my mac the ".sea" file functions perfectly. It seems that mcvert is the problem here. Does anyone else have a similar problem? Can anyone see what I am doing wrong? Thanks for your help. Mathias. mlk@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
scasterg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stuart M Castergine) (06/18/91)
In article <44727@netnews.upenn.edu> mlk@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Matt L Kolehmainen) writes: > > >Recently, I have been attempting to download files that are both >".sea" and ".hqx". I first use McVert to go from binhex to macbinary, >then I use Kermit to download the file. > >When I try to open the file, say "Q.sea", on my Mac I get a dialog box >claiming that the application "Q.sea" is "missing or damaged". > >When I send the original binhexed file, and convert it on my mac the >".sea" file functions perfectly. > >It seems that mcvert is the problem here. > >Does anyone else have a similar problem? Can anyone see what I am >doing wrong? > >Thanks for your help. > >Mathias. > >mlk@eniac.seas.upenn.edu I use mcvert without any problem for xmodem and zmodem Macbinary downloads all the time. I'd suspect Kermit if I were you, for two reasons: 1. The .hqx file is an ascii file, so kermit doesn't have to try a macbinary download, while the .sea file is macbinary. 2. I seem to remember having a similar problem myself, though I'll be damned if I can remember what it was -- I only use ZTerm and MacLayers now. Make sure kermit on the SENDING end is set for binary transfer, in addition to setting the receiving kermit for MacBinary. That rings a bell. -- scasterg@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Stuart M Castergine "Step by step they were led to practices which disposed to vice -- the lounge, the bath, the elegant banquet. All this in their ignorance they called civilisation, when it was but part of their servitude."