Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!news.cs.indiana.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!xvj From: xvj@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sean Ahern) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: ftp for c128/c64 Message-ID: <16275@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 8 Nov 90 02:40:54 GMT References: <11451@hubcap.clemson.edu> <16257@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1990Nov7.231057.10426@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Reply-To: xvj@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sean Ahern) Distribution: comp Organization: Purdue University Lines: 27 I was able to ftp some files from a couple ftp's that people mailed to me, but I have a serious problem. Once I download them onto disk on my c64, the files refuse to run properly. I made sure that my file transfer system was set to receive a binary file (rather than ascii), and it DOES save as a PRG file. But, once the file completely arrives and I attempt to run it, it just turns the background and the border black and the character color white and locks the computer. Ever file I download has this same effect. Is there something I am doing wrong? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would also like to know how to test the file transfer system. I would like to write a short (2-3 line) program, upload it to the ftp, and then ownload it again, and compare the results. But I don't know how to send things to the ftp. (Plus, sending a test program to a public domain software site is bound to make someone angry.) Any help people can give me would be greatly appreciated. -- Sean Ahern | Witty signature coming Purdue University | to a news xvj@mentor.cc.purdue.edu | posting near you! ahernsd@sage.cc.pudrue.edu |