Re: FTP questions

[druid@dorsai.dorsai.org (William Katz)]

Eric C. (VAL) Cronin (cron8166@nova.gmi.edu) wrote:
: I have just gotten an InterNet account, and have FTPed quite a few files.
: I'm moving them to a IIGS using AWGS comm (so I can use a MAC formated
: disk).  I'll use the sb comand for ymodem transfer, and have figured all
: that out.  My question is: whaAT do I do then?  Will GSHK un archive them?
: they all end in .bsq (one in .bsc, but I think thats a typo.)  Do I need  a
: new program?  Any help appriciated.  Does anyone have a Mac and IIGS FTP
: site list?

: Eric Cronin
hi eric.. what you need for .bsq and .bsc files is a program called binscii (it's like unix's uuencode unarchiver)  you can find it on the ftp site of cco.caltech.edu (i think)  oh, and of course those files should be downloaded (ftp'd) using ascii instead of binary.  hope this helped.