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Re: FETCH and GIF Weather Maps?

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From: owen Owen S. Nishioka
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 00:45
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In article <1992Aug12.180610.15566@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> artis@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (David A. Artis) writes:
>I read in one of the alt.pictures groups about GIF weather maps, updated 
>hourly, available at FTP site vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (you have to tell Fetch to 
>change working directory to wx).  I got into the site ok, and tried 
>dowloading a few examples, using "binary".  However, I've not been able to 
>get any of the files to display with any of several Mac GIF viewers- each 
>says the file is damaged or in an invalid format.  A friend on an IBM PC 
>downloaded the same files and had no problem displaying them with his GIF 
>viewer. Any ideas?

I have done this without any problems.  However, make sure you have
switched to BINARY or IMAGE mode before transferring.  Also, disable
MacBinary.
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