unx20397@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu (Sean Brannon) (05/08/91)
I am having a terrible problem downloading .bin, .sit, and .gif files. I have downloaded several .bin files from rascal.ics.utexas.edu and none of them have downloaded properly. Each time, WK 11.0 has received them as text files, not as SIT! files. Same thing with .gif files I have gotten from ames.arc.nasa.gov. Each of the 15 or so files has come down to my Mac screwed up. What I mean by 'screwed up' is that neither Giffer nor GIFConvert will open them up properly. When I attempt to open them, I either get an error message, or garbage in the picture window. Any ideas? Unix environment: DEC 5500 w/ Ultrix 4.1 using csh with my account Mac environment: Mac IIci w/ system 6.0.7 White Knight 11.0 Process: ftp to rascal or ames set to binary use get to get files use C-Kermit, 4E(072) 24 Jan 89, VAX/Ultrix on unix machine to send to Mac via kermit -s command use receive kermit on WK's end Thanx folks, Sean
johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (05/09/91)
In article <1991May8.063712.11142@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu>, unx20397@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu (Sean Brannon) writes... >I am having a terrible problem downloading .bin, .sit, and .gif files. I >have downloaded several .bin files from rascal.ics.utexas.edu and none >of them have downloaded properly. Each time, WK 11.0 has received them >as text files, not as SIT! files. Same thing with .gif files I have This is really two separate problems. Regarding .sit files, White Knight's Customize-->Options-->FileTransfer dialog lets you tell WK to look for MacBinary format when you download. It's necessary to ftp ".sit" files in binary mode. The second problem is different. ".gif", ".Z", and other not-for-Mac-only files that one finds on the internet are plain binary (not MacBinary). In this case, use the same dialog box to set the File Transfer option to "Use MacBinary format for:" --> No files. Sometimes I use MacKermit for this; its plain binary set-up procedure is more explicit, I think. Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)