Re: Problems with VMGIF.VMARC

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From: Scott (nmi) Mattes
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1992 19:01

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On Thu, 9 Jan 1992 13:21:21 HNE Jean Bedard said:
>>>I FTP'd the VMGIF.VMARC package from risc.ua.edu, but it seems to be
>>>invalid. VMARC UNPK VMGIF VMARC A says "invalid header"
>>  Since risc.ua.edu does not support TYPE E or MODE B you are in a bind
>>unless you have some other access to that site.
>
>Just wondering... what's the use of a VM package placed on a repository
>that VM sites can't reach? :-)

  As someone noted after I said that, you can do BINARY F 80 before
doing the GET and it will work fine.  The person who found this out was
trying every combination in the book before finding this.  Not good.
This FTP should come with a manual :).

Scott       | No success can compensate for failure in the home. David O. McKay
Mattes      | President 1951-70, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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