1. uuencode program
Alan Tu asked for a uuencode program that runs under DOS.
Irv replied with a program that he said would meet Alan's requirements, and
would run under either DOS or Windows/File Manager.
I tried it and can't make it go.
I have a number of files that came in from the Listserv but are only
gibberish. Thinking that they might be uuencoded, I tried Irv's program on
them. They invariably generate general protection faults, working either
from File Manager or from DOS.
Some of them are zipped; I know not to try the program on them. I haven't
tried unzipping them yet. That's often a can of worms by itself.
I thought at first maybe the program was supposed to run under Windows 95,
which I don't have. But that wouldn't affect its operation under DOS, when
Windows is turned off.
(No way am I going to buy Windows 95 now, with Windows 98 just around the
corner. If Windows 98, when it appears, requires Windows 95 as a
prerequisite, I'll wait to see if a stand-alone version comes out, or until
I get definitive information that no stand-alone version will be released.
Wally Riley
wryly at mindspring.com
2. Re: uuencode program
At 02:20 PM 5/28/98 -0400, Wallace B. Riley wrote:
>
>Alan Tu asked for a uuencode program that runs under DOS.
>
>Irv replied with a program that he said would meet Alan's requirements, and
>would run under either DOS or Windows/File Manager.
>
>I tried it and can't make it go.
>
Check the instructions and try again. Alan said it runs just fine.
It works for me. I didn't write it, however.
>I have a number of files that came in from the Listserv but are only
>gibberish. Thinking that they might be uuencoded, I tried Irv's program on
>them. They invariably generate general protection faults, working either
>from File Manager or from DOS.
There are some files here that contain HTML. It looks like:
<HEAD><a href=> <b> etc.
then there's UUEncoded data. It starts with something like:
begin something 664
3OIFV84HGLKFTG2][G]4KSRT.......
>
>Some of them are zipped; I know not to try the program on them. I haven't
>tried unzipping them yet. That's often a can of worms by itself.
Unzipping is a can of worms? Perhaps you should get a copy of
WinZip or ZipWhacker from any of the shareware sites. These
programs make the process fairly simple: Point, click, done.
>
>(No way am I going to buy Windows 95 now, with Windows 98 just around the
>corner. If Windows 98, when it appears, requires Windows 95 as a
>prerequisite, I'll wait to see if a stand-alone version comes out, or until
>I get definitive information that no stand-alone version will be released.
>
Wise choice. I wouldn't buy 98 until it has time to get the
biggest bugs out. How long will that take? I don't know -
Win 95 still has bugs.....
Regards,
Irv
3. Re: uuencode program
- Posted by Thong Ngo <showme2 at DATAFLO.NET>
May 31, 1998
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Last edited Jun 01, 1998
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charset="iso-8859-1"
Someone was asking for the code to this subject. I just forgot who.
The attached files are in Qbasic that I found surfing around. Hope this
helps.
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name="Uuecode.zip"
