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From: cug@db2.CS.Concordia.CA (User Group)
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Subject: Re: Simtel to PC troubles
Summary: Sometimes, it doesn't work
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Date: 21 Sep 89 15:30:29 GMT
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In article <6282@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> pfratar@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Paul Frattaroli - Department of Computing Services) writes:
>In article <568@jvncf.UUCP> saroff@jvncf.csc.org.UUCP (Steve Saroff lac00001) writes:
>>However, I couldn't read the .ARC files (granted I was using the evil
>>PKARC program) and the .EXE file did not run.  
>>-- 
>>			SzS
>>Dr. S.Z. Saroff
>>John von Neumann National Supercomputer Center   bitnet:   saroff@jvncc
>
>Hi,
>	The first two problems I can think of off the bat are:
>1, Did you specify `tenex' when ftping from simtel20 and 2, Did you
>specify `set file type binary' when using KERMIT?
>
>	These two were usually the reason when I have had troubles like
>yours.
>
>	Hope this helps.
>
>....Paul F
>

Hi there,
	I have also had trouble with SIMTEL20, but it is intermitent, and only
with some of the files stored there. Generally I can retrieve anything without
problems, but certain files I can never get across complete. For example, 
there is a file called "VMIX151.ARC" that, no matter what I do, I can never get
complete, only 1 byte missing consistently every time. obviously, one of the
files can never be properly dearchived. So, anybody out there knows what is it
with this file, for example ???

G. Vegas.
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