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Article #1729uuencoded binaries -- we don't all have the same compiler
From: Bill Silvert
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1986 10:54
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1986 10:54
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In the discussion about uuencoded binaries vs. source, everyone seems to assume that we all have compatible compilers. We don't. For example, I have the Modula-2 developers' kit, which is very nice but doesn't do much of a job on C sources. I've had no problem with uuencoded files though -- I decode them on the Unix machine that is on the net and send the binaries down using xmodem or kermit. All the uudecodes that I have seen really seem written to run under Unix anyway, and maybe this is why they don't run OK on the ST. Sources for uudecode and xmodem have been posted to the net, and there are tons of PD xmodem packages for the ST (my favourite is xmdm.tos from the group at Case, via bammi, which is much more robust and reliable than the others I have tried). The time may be ripe for reposting of these sources, preferably with enough defines so that they will compile on any Unix engine (my versions are heavily hacked for specialized use on my machine and may not be very portable).
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 ARLENE 1/1/85; site dalcs.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utcsri!utai!garfield!dalcs!silvert From: silvert@dalcs.UUCP (Bill Silvert) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: uuencoded binaries -- we don't all have the same compiler Message-ID: <2014@dalcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Sep-86 06:54:08 EDT Article-I.D.: dalcs.2014 Posted: Sat Sep 6 06:54:08 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Sep-86 02:45:15 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Marine Ecology Lab. Lines: 17