>>      I retrieve them in BINARY mode on FTP and use Compact Pro 1.33 to
>> uncompress them. 
>
>They are actually in macbinary format, so you might need a step between
>FTP and C.P. to strip the macbinary stuff out.
>
>-allen
>
>-- 
>Allen Briggs         Find the cost of freedom / Buried in the ground
>- end                Mother Earth will swallow you / Lay your body down
>      killing -    
>allen.briggs@vt.edu          ***** MacBSD == NetBSD/Mac *****

How are you downloading the files to your mac from the BBS or whatever? are
you using ZModem? Is it a UNIX shell account? If so, use 'sz' and ZTerm on
your mac to receive it.

-Jim


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