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Re: Marinetti
- Subject: Re: Marinetti
- From: retromod-Apple-II-newsgroups; rm -rf ~;@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)
- Date: 1997/09/17
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, Nashville, TN, USA
- References: <5upo6l$o0u@platform.uoregon.edu> <jbcole-ya02408000R0509971406460001@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <5usq0h$rv8@nr1.calgary.istar.net> <5uto68$8sb@platform.uoregon.edu>
Neil Parker (nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu) wrote:
: Basically, the configuration stuff is there to tell the browser that it
: needs to FTP Apple II files in binary mode (the default ASCII mode is
: guaranteed to corrupt Apple II files). But HTTP transfers are by
: definition always binary, so setting the right mode isn't an issue.
Well, if you're on a simple connection like me and you're using lynx
to download the file, you absolutely positively MUST use the 'd' key
to download it. This is for two reasons: the .bxy suffix is not in
the lynxrc file unless someone put it there (unlikely!), so the file
is displayed (by default) as text, instead of prompting you for download
options. And secondly, there is a character or string of characters
in the beginning of a NuFX file which causes simple connections to
freeze when displayed as text.
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