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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
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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
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