Re: Q: how to get sys601 disk from apple?

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <1994Jun29.130813.1733@news.vanderbilt.edu>,
_VTA5346: <HOLTG@ctrvx1.Vanderbilt.Edu> wrote:
>I have the same problem with ftp.apple.com.

>Why doesn't this ftp site have .SHK files anyway????
>Is seems to me that to BINSCII these disks is a waste of time for everybody!!!

>Could someone explain to me why these files aren't just .SHK.

   .SHK files are so much nicer for most people involved, but there
are some people who do not have the capabilities to deal with, or know
how to handle raw binary files. Most ftp programs default to ascii
transfer, which will toast .SHK files. I think the Apple folks decided
to make things worse for most of us just so they didn't have to deal
with people who downloaded .SHK's in ascii mode, and started incorrect
rumors saying the Apple stuff was corrupted.

Nathan Mates



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