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From: parsons@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Ghost in the Machine)
Subject: Re: need help w/file trans
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Ordania-DM@cup.portal.com (Charles K Hughes) writes:
>Somebody wrote: (put your name at the end of your posts and I'll put it at
>the beginning of mine, fair enough?)
>>xdn22@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (Paul T.) writes:
>>
>>>      Using an account on a VAX, I managed to figure out how
>>> to utilize FTP and tranfer a binary file from the archive
>>> at umich. The problem is that I dont know how to get the
>>> file from my account to my atari.
>>>      Also, what exactly is UUENCODE, and how does one
>>> unencode it?
>>> 
>  Ok, once you've managed to get the files into your Atari, you need to 
>uuDEcode them.  UuENcode turns a binary file into a text file, DEcode
>does the reverse.  There is a basic uuDEcoder available (sorry, I don't 
>have it nearby) which is listed and has no special codes in it.  This

If you ftp from umich, you can get the basic uuDEcoder from there also.
This would be an easy ascii capture or ascii download once you get it to
your school macine.

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"Could you please continue the petty bickering.  |    Scott Parish  a.k.a. 
 I find it most intriguing." -- Lt. Cdr. Data    |  parsons@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
