Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!silver!sl179060
From: sl179060@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: SIMTEL20 TROUBLES
Message-ID: <120800007@silver>
Date: 28 Sep 89 17:11:00 GMT
Organization: Indiana University CSCI, Bloomington
Lines: 33
Nf-ID: #N:silver:120800007:000:1221
Nf-From: silver.bacs.indiana.edu!sl179060    Sep 28 12:11:00 1989


I am having some problems down-loading software from SIMTEL20 and I hope
someone can help me out.I am logged unto a VAX at IU (Ultrix).
I am using telnet software and a ZENITH 286.I log into SIMTEL20 with the FTP
program and I declare myself to be an anonymous user. I follow this
procedure:

%ftp simtel20.arpa 
............ sign on message ......
username:anonymous
password:{nothing}
............ login message ........
ftp>cd pd1:
ftp>tenex   {I have no idea what this does}
ftp>get gmovie.arc
ftp>bye
.... sign off message .......
ftp>quit
%ftp 129.79.101.146  {my workstation}
ftp>send gmovie.arc
ftp>quit
%logout

   However when I try to run or unarchive any of the downloaded programs my
PC hangs up. Some files which were supposed to be ASCII (eg. .PAS ) contain
garbage. A few of the archived files did contain partly valid headers and my
archive utility LARK displays the archive contents. When I invoke PKXARC or
any of the other archive programs my machine crashes. This only happens when
I ask the PKXARC progrom to unarchive the SIMTEL20 files.
   Does somebody out there know the procedure to download files from SIMTEL20
using the setup that I have. I am awaiting eagerly.

Chima Echeruo.