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From: erkyrath+@cmu.edu (Andrew C. Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Soup With A Fork
Date: 01 Apr 1996 13:20:35 +0000
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dwood@skipjack.bluecrab.org (David Wood) writes:
>    Background: I'm using a Mac Powerbook 150, Apple's first disposable
> computer, containing both MaxZip and Zex.
> 
>    Problem: I've tried downloading several Z5 files from ftp.gmd.de, but I
> always end up getting an Illegal PC Operation error when I try to run
> them.

You must download .z5 game files in binary mode, not text/ascii mode.

--Z

"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."
