Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!aplcen!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!topgun.dspo.gov!lanl!cmcl2!adm!smoke!w8sdz From: w8sdz@smoke.BRL.MIL (Keith Petersen) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: SIMTEL20 TROUBLES Summary: FTP defaults to text mode Message-ID: <11179@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 28 Sep 89 20:52:07 GMT References: <120800007@silver> Reply-To: w8sdz@brl.arpa (Keith Petersen) Organization: The SIMTEL20 Archives Lines: 55 In article <120800007@silver> sl179060@silver.bacs.indiana.edu writes: >I am having some problems down-loading software from SIMTEL20... >%ftp simtel20.arpa >............ sign on message ...... >username:anonymous >password:{nothing} >............ login message ........ >ftp>cd pd1:>ftp>tenex {I have no idea what this does} The tenex command functionally the same as typing two commands: ftp> type binary ftp> quote "TYPE L 8" which tells your end to use binary mode and SIMTEL20 to use BINARY(8) which is how the MDOS binary files are stored on the system. >ftp>get gmovie.arc >ftp>bye >.... sign off message ....... >ftp>quit >%ftp 129.79.101.146 {my workstation} You left out one command here: type binary >ftp>send gmovie.arc >ftp>quit >%logout > > However when I try to run or unarchive any of the downloaded programs my >PC hangs up. That's because the archive was transferred to your PC in text mode rather than binary. > Some files which were supposed to be ASCII (eg. .PAS ) contain >garbage. You must set type text (some ftp programs use type ascii) when transferring 7 bit text files from SIMTEL20. >Does somebody out there know the procedure to download files from SIMTEL20 >using the setup that I have. I am awaiting eagerly. Please send questions about SIMTEL20 files to me at the address below. Questions and reports about network and FTP problems should be sent to: Action@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Keith -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, and MISC archives Internet: w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil [26.2.0.74] Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz