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From: eynon@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Barry Eynon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Getting GIF files ...
Keywords: GIF
Message-ID: <4359@lindy.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 15 Aug 89 18:56:34 GMT
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Sender: eynon@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Barry Eynon)
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In article <1460@unocss.UUCP> ft035@unocss.UUCP (ft035) writes:
>I have been trying to acquire some GIF pictures from some of
>the anonymous FTP sites, but have as of yet to get one successfully.
>When using FTP what mode (Binary, Tenex, Ascii) should be used, and
>what method should I use when receiving it by Kermit (Binary, Ascii,
>or MacBinary)?
>  I have done it before but for the life of me I can't remember how..
>maybe it was a dream :)


Use binary format in ftp, and plain binary (not MacBinary) format to get them
to your Mac. Gif is a binary file format defined for many computer types,
so if you try to process it as a MacBinary file you will get garbage.
When the file gets to your mac, it will probably have a file type of TEXT,
some random creator depending on your terminal program, and binary data
in the data fork. This is exactly what you want. Open with Giffer, etc. 
and enjoy.
-- 
Barry Eynon
eynon@lindy.stanford.edu