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From: mol@marvin.df.lth.se (Magnus Olsson)
Subject: Re: Soup With A Fork
Date: 01 Apr 1996 17:47:36 +0000
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In article <dwood-3103961819090001@slip_client26.bluecrab.org>,
David Wood <dwood@skipjack.bluecrab.org> wrote:
>   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.
>
>   Can anyone suggest a better interpreter, a different place to get Z5
>files

The interpreter is OK. The FTp site is *the* canonical FTP site for Z5
files.

>or a work-around to this particular problem?

You're probably donwloading the files in the wrong mode. You should
use binary transfer, not ASCII, and not MacBinary.

-- 
Magnus Olsson (mol@df.lth.se)
