Re: Simple how to ...

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

In article <4ipda4$e4@news.ysu.edu>, Adalbert Goertz <be404@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
>
>Well, here I am, a newbie on the 'net, but not a total newbie to
>computing.  What I need to know is, just how do I go about downloading
>binaries from newsgroups.  Say for example, there's a neat pic in GIF
>format (I can do GIF on my GS).  Do I simply capture the text of the
>>>>
>I have tried to download .GIF files from various freenets, also .jpg files.
>So, far NONE of the freenets did the job, except NYX.
>So, I use NYX for downloading pictures.
>-- 
>*************** Adalbert Goertz *******************************
>retired in Waynesboro PA (65 miles from Baltimore/Washington DC
>Mennonite genealogy;insect studies;selling/trading insect books
>Would anyone trade my PA home for house in CO,NM,AZ or ? ? ? ?

Well... on binaries groups, the files tend to be multipart, and encoded with
uuencode (a program from the Unix world that turns 8 bit data into 7bit data,
so it can be passed through email or news).  what you need to do...

download all parts of the file, typically several messages.
put them in order.

delete all lines before and including the "cut here" line, etc... make it
so it's one big file, in the proper order.

then, run it through UU.  there _IS_ an apple2 versio available, i'd check
on umich if it's not easily findable on ground.

(or, use ground ("telnet://ground.isca.uiowa.edu") to get to the umich mirror,
 under /apple2/Mirrors/umich/)

enjoy.