Re: Problem with grind... new thread

[SteakMan <steakman@wwa.com>]

On Sun, 11 Sep 1994, David R. Villegas wrote:

> In comp.sys.apple2, you wrote:
> >	Am I the only one having problems with the archived files on the 
> >Grind and cco?  I've had about %70 success rate unSHKing the files that I 
> >downloaded (SHK calls them damaged... or the unSHKed files have 
> >problems).  Normaly I would just atribute this to line noise, but I have 
> >Re-Downloaded the problemed files and they have the same problems in the 
> >same spots..
> 
> If you're using ftp, have you typed 'bin' to use binary transfers rather
> than text ones?  (ncftp automatically does this.)  How are you then getting

Yes

> the files to your Apple?  If you're using Z-modem on a UNIX system, are

I'm zipping them in unix, then downloading them with Ymodem.

> you typing 'sz -b' to force a binary download?  Also, if you use nulib

The zip archive is a textfile containing the binary files... It UnZipps 
fine, and the only problems I've had were UnSHKing or if it UnSHKed fine 
then the problem was with the resulting files

> on a UNIX system, you can verify the integrity of an archive without having
> to download it first.

Would you mind telling a UNIX illiterate how to use nulib?

Thanks for the reply

SteakMan

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