Re: Binscii problem

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <mark-210993110354@128.157.9.145> mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning) writes:
>
>Let's try some simple mistakes people make when using binscii'd files:
>
>1. Did you remove the header in each of the files?  Binscii will not
>   properly use a binscii'd file if it has stuff like:
>
>   Path: NewsWatcher!user
>   From: mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning)
>   Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
>
>   in it.  If they are there - remove them with a text editor.

Wrongola.  The big advantage is that BinSCII decoders are smart enough to skip
non-BinSCII data in a file.  This is why most BinSCII files have a line like:

---- No need to snip here, BinSCII is too cool ----

>2. Binscii is confusing sometimes.  I, myself, have misread the prompts
>   and put things in backwards.  Be sure you aren't putting the wrong
>   information into each of the prompts.

[rest of helpful advice deleted]


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