Can't Un-Stuff SIMTEL20 mac files.

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From: Cris Fuhrman
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1989 22:36

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I've successfully downloaded IBM PC files in .arc format from SIMTEL20.ARPA
many times, and recently tried some Macintosh files that were .sit 
(stuffit) files.  I am on a VMS system using CMU TCP/IP and I know that
the binary files get over properly (i.e. using TYPE L 8) because they
download fine to my IBM PC and can be unpak'ed.

I think the problem may be that when I download to the Mac using Kermit
(binary,data fork), the files appear on the desktop as MacWrite documents
and Stuffit won't recognize them.

How can I get stuffit to open these files?   Anyone out there know of a way
to download .sit files successfully?

-Cris
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