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In article <433@pacsbb.UUCP> bshuste@pacsbb.UUCP (Bob Shuster) writes:
>
>  I am new to the USENET and I see lots of programs listed in various
>comp.binaries.etc. newsgroups.  My question (and problem) is:  How do I
>take advantage of these files?  Is there a specific program I need to use
>these programs, and where could I obtain it?

It kind of depends on whether you are on a Unix system or not. If
pacsbb is a Unix box, then just use the uudecode command (standard on
most Unix systems.) Most versions of uudecode require that the input
file be in one piece, so if you get a multipart file, you will
sometimes have to cat the files together and then go in and remove
the header information between the uudecode'ed blocks. Another
approach is to move the comp.binaries.etc files over to the ST first
and run Dumas's uud software (available on my BBS's worldwide). This
software is set up so you don't have to concatenate the files first
(iff the original multi-part file was encoded with Dumas's software).
I generally prefer to uudecode everything on the Unix system, since
that is faster...1) the uudecode runs faster, 2) the files are smaller
by 50% after uudecoding, and 3) I can un-arc the files on the Unix box
and see if I still want the program after reading the docs.

In answer to a previous post about hdscan...I am guessing that you
either need the dumas software (i.e. you don't have a Unix system to
uudecode it on), or you are on a Unix system and didn't realize you
have to concatenate the files. I think I did that one in three parts
and they did uudecode OK here after they came back through the
binaries group.

  -Todd Burkey   "A member of STdNET-The ST developers' Network"
   trb@stag.UUCP    -> to join, mail to ftg!dwm@stag.UUCP <-
P.S.:
  I just remembered that at one time I had the dumas software running
  on my Unix system, so the sources are probably floating around, too.