How do you decode binaries files so you can see them
The Stainlesss Steel Rat
Mark McLeod
The Stainlesss Steel Rat (stee...@commpass.awinc.com) wrote:
> Please help me turn all those symbols into a veiwable picture.
> stee...@compass.awinc.com
This is an old copy of the document, but it should provide some
good information on the topic. The author of the article is preparing
a new version which he will have on the World-Wide Web.
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TO SAVE USENET BINARY MESSAGES AND DECODE THEM FOR USE.
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15 November 1995.
iv...@iconz.co.nz
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I N D E X.
1. Introduction.
2. UUdecode.
3. Sample UUencoded File.
4. Anonymous FTP.
5. Decoders.
6. MIME.
7. Graphic Viewers.
8. Newsreaders.
9. Unarchivers (.zip, gunzip, tar)
10. Mac to PC Conversions.
11. Windows 95.
12. Using Archie.
13. Other Searching Facilities.
14. Where to get other Information.
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1. Introduction.
I will endeavour to post this info to the following news groups on
a regular basis under the heading:-
HOW TO:uudecode/view binary usenet messages
- comp.binaries.ibm.p.d
- alt.binaries.pictures.d
- alt.binaries.pictures.utilities
- new.newusers.questions
I do NOT send this faq to people on request but will endevour to help
on binary topics, where I can.
I have NOT got an automatic reply server, so sending an empty email
message will get you nowhere.
Some sites listed here may not have the file I have listed as the site
may move or delete files. The sites and files listed here were correct
at the time I last checked and/or when I downloaded the files sought for
my own use. I am not responsible if the files are not at the sites mentioned
as I do not control the sites and I can not possibly keep track of every
site I mention in this faq.
This information will, depending on the type of Internet Access you
have and the software you run aid you in decoding multiple binary
files/messages. If anyone has any suggestions for alterations to this then
they are welcome to respond. This faq is specific to DOS and Windows and
is aimed to help newbies save binaries from the newsgroups. If anyone
wants a repost of this faq at any time then let me know. This information
is constantly being updated and added to.
This is NOT intended to replace any existing FAQ's on this topic, but
to purely assist everyone/anyone. Other known faqs and postings and
their locations are listed at the end of this document and more added as
I am told about them.
I welcome Shareware Vendors/Authors to send me details of their products
if they wish it to be entered in this faq, the only stipulation is that
it fits in with the topics covered here and that they keep me informed
of any updates to their products. I am also more than willing to test
any Encoders/Decoders if required to do so. If it is NAGWARE then it will
be listed here as such.
There are several methods of extracting messages, binaries etc from the
messages, I will endeavour to cover the methods I know of.
I have also experimented with sending/receiving binaries via E-Mail
and have written a little bit of info on that topic, specific to
Windows/Slip/PPP and Windows email readers only. My experiments have been
done using Pronto/IP, Pegasus, Chameleon Email, Trumpet News and News
Xpress and Windows 95 Exchange in conjunction with Wincode for uudecoding
some received files.
My personal preference is using News Xpress as my news reader, Wincode
as a decoder, Stuffit for Windows for Binhex files and my Email program is
Microsoft Exchange running under Beta of Windows 95. Hopefully the
Microsoft exhange will take over the email process when I get the
full version, and Netscape as a browser only and certainly NOT as a
news reader. As a graphic viewer I use Lview Pro and always the
latest version, (apart from version 1C of LviewPro which is NAGWARE).
Programs such as Corel and Photoshop/Photostyler etc will also
handle GIF's, TIF's and JPEG's.
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2. UUdecode.
This is if you do NOT have a News Reader that can handle automatic decoding:-
To convert the usenet binary messages into a usable format.
First: Save the usenet message in numerical order as it is posted. In
this case the message (in binary format was a 4 part file called
LCCAPE.GIF) was in five parts with 0/4 (often) being the introduction
to the file consisting of no binary to uudecode.
These files I saved as lcc1.txt, lcc2.txt, lcc3.txt and lcc4.txt. I
could also have called it anything at all and also could have had .gif
extension instead of .txt extension.
Without using a Smart Decoder you will have to strip off the extra text
above and below (where necessary) on each of the saved binary messages.
(an simple example of how to do this is shown below).
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3. Sample UUencoded File.
EXAMPLE FILE I HAVE USED BELOW IS LCCAPE.GIF 0/4 - 4/4
Below are three cut saved usenet binaries.
The first is how to cut the first of a series,
The second is how to cut all but the first and last,
The third is how to cut the last of a series.
SAMPLE OF A SAVED USENET BINARY
Path: status.gen.nz!waikato!decwrl!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans
net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt
edu!dnodes.async.vt.edu!dnodes
From: dno...@vt.edu (Donald Nodes)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.supermodels,alt.binaries.pictures
celebrities
Subject: LCCAPE.GIF (01/04) "Teri in Superman's Cape again "lccape.gif""
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 19:15:09 EST
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
Lines: 954
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <dnodes.74...@vt.edu>
References: <dnodes.72...@vt.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: dnodes.async.vt.edu
X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1]
Xref: status.gen.nz alt.binaries.pictures.supermodels:17198 alt.
binaries.pictures.celebrities:2854
UUENCODED by Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1]
BEGIN--cut here--cut here----
begin 640 LCCAPE.GIF
M1TE&.#EAD`%'`O<``/___];6UA`0$#DQ,1@0$-Z,C!`(""$0$$(0$"$("*TI
M*:T``)P``',``$H``-9:4IP(`',(`',8$&L0"&LI(;TY*4H8$+T8`-Y:0HPY
M*<Y"*:TA",9:0G,A$-Z<C)120JU"*6LI&(PA",XQ".>4>\92,=8Q`+TI`-YC
M.=Y:,<Y2*=Y*&)0Q$+4Y$-9"$,XQ`*4I`-Y:*<Y*&-9*&/>EA,Y[6MY[4G,Y
M(=Y"`*4Q`+U2(;5*&,Y2&.=:&,:4>THI&.^$2MYS.>]S,<Y:(7,Q$.>48^][
etc etc etc Much cut out of here.
MTJ(U8$IN7D$/T"TB;5,`*)8;)-9+SS1W*Y8`#L``#(``#*!,:],V>S=W%5(/
M<&;?7J$R*`-:6@$<GH,]>.=D2/+^JN/V9B=:8JPEP.4\!&@\RD4[BXP.)Z!G
M\P4&GJS*9(FPAO8%2D2R)J2R"D93$5%"SD<%NNQ@`D0&)&0__Q=42R`&;N`'
END--cut here--cut here----
This is a duplicate of the above 1/4 and I would cut number
it back like this, removing all the header etc.
(Leave the begin 640 and file name on it for UUDECODE).
begin 640 LCCAPE.GIF
M1TE&.#EAD`%'`O<``/___];6UA`0$#DQ,1@0$-Z,C!`(""$0$$(0$"$("*TI
M*:T``)P``',``$H``-9:4IP(`',(`',8$&L0"&LI(;TY*4H8$+T8`-Y:0HPY
M*<Y"*:TA",9:0G,A$-Z<C)120JU"*6LI&(PA",XQ".>4>\92,=8Q`+TI`-YC
M.=Y:,<Y2*=Y*&)0Q$+4Y$-9"$,XQ`*4I`-Y:*<Y*&-9*&/>EA,Y[6MY[4G,Y
M(=Y"`*4Q`+U2(;5*&,Y2&.=:&,:4>THI&.^$2MYS.>]S,<Y:(7,Q$.>48^][
etc etc etc Much cut out of here.
MTJ(U8$IN7D$/T"TB;5,`*)8;)-9+SS1W*Y8`#L``#(``#*!,:],V>S=W%5(/
M<&;?7J$R*`-:6@$<GH,]>.=D2/+^JN/V9B=:8JPEP.4\!&@\RD4[BXP.)Z!G
M\P4&GJS*9(FPAO8%2D2R)J2R"D93$5%"SD<%NNQ@`D0&)&0__Q=42R`&;N`'
This is how 2/4 was received except for the chunk I cut out
of the middle to size it down and the header.
BEGIN--cut here--cut here----
M=($89$%F"+04417\S&EK[8!5;XX.%A049\3/6BNU'.(1,$)I@.Z#FJ2WVJDD
M:L*M`,`1N"8JQ&(J"$5$<0BA1&U/'.$4H$L58N$L[$`LUO\U-=IK'%_J5$#C
etc etc etc Much cut out of here.
MZ.HE@Z]#(*!B8F3(!BXGZ6=^-.8F"VLG7:(C*F!EN`&R&%$JK*$H!V`:KH&S
M.JN!CD*"WHDL>LXH@,(H!M!0',5GVJ)I2$@4!Z,7-"@8-,@4OZP73,$1_Z+_
M-&MH!I3GAH'\*D4L0.Z%MD$9^.FR`HIJ3JO0C(:&P.0O@V$7'.H47*&)Y``U
END--cut here--cut here----
I would cut 2/4, 3/4 etc back like this.
(so that only the code was left).
M=($89$%F"+04417\S&EK[8!5;XX.%A049\3/6BNU'.(1,$)I@.Z#FJ2WVJDD
M:L*M`,`1N"8JQ&(J"$5$<0BA1&U/'.$4H$L58N$L[$`LUO\U-=IK'%_J5$#C
etc etc etc Much cut out of here.
MZ.HE@Z]#(*!B8F3(!BXGZ6=^-.8F"VLG7:(C*F!EN`&R&%$JK*$H!V`:KH&S
M.JN!CD*"WHDL>LXH@,(H!M!0',5GVJ)I2$@4!Z,7-"@8-,@4OZP73,$1_Z+_
M-&MH!I3GAH'\*D4L0.Z%MD$9^.FR`HIJ3JO0C(:&P.0O@V$7'.H47*&)Y``U
This is the last of the set in this case 4/4.
BEGIN--cut here--cut here----
M;)`LV&^WG@7"V(),)LJ+Y$+^;`UTZB(;?F#K3&$(_\\(&1$)'W'UFA``BLFC
M*I$_4"X*@R\_R(@(;H`"L%`"+&`"^($!1$`$_`$"_*$,.5`#/PO_^\I02E;P
M#"6O*+;C`D3MM1Q`Z0Y*OM"/RFZQ#L</&(,QRM!##V%-+?)G3-I"+IK1/03Q
etc etc etc Much cut out of here.
M"`B!,!NV(2.W`0]P80@_$BZW$2Y/<NV"[>+`+IDX[!VB(`.R(`,HH`/F001B
M$@P+$RG`$">#[B`-S"B?DBF<DO*NSP(:P!]@<"F1#C(?DRD-+#,O\Q]G"R(5
M4C23D309\LNXDN#R1Y>H3J(0SCT,@!L.0#;G3^MJ,R/Q0!?P``\4H17BTC=_
&D_\"`@`[
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end
end
END--cut here--cut here----
Cut it so to leave the word end at the end of the file.
M;)`LV&^WG@7"V(),)LJ+Y$+^;`UTZB(;?F#K3&$(_\\(&1$)'W'UFA``BLFC
M*I$_4"X*@R\_R(@(;H`"L%`"+&`"^($!1$`$_`$"_*$,.5`#/PO_^\I02E;P
M#"6O*+;C`D3MM1Q`Z0Y*OM"/RFZQ#L</&(,QRM!##V%-+?)G3-I"+IK1/03Q
etc etc etc Much cut out of here.
M"`B!,!NV(2.W`0]P80@_$BZW$2Y/<NV"[>+`+IDX[!VB(`.R(`,HH`/F001B
M$@P+$RG`$">#[B`-S"B?DBF<DO*NSP(:P!]@<"F1#C(?DRD-+#,O\Q]G"R(5
M4C23D309\LNXDN#R1Y>H3J(0SCT,@!L.0#;G3^MJ,R/Q0!?P``\4H17BTC=_
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end
end
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4. Anonymous FTP.
Most sites listed here are anonymous FTP sites. FTP to either the name
eg. oak.oakland.edu or you can use its IP address. You will login as
anonymous and use your email address as the password. You will have to
change directories on most occasions if you are usinf a terminal FTP client.
(Example) oak.oakland.edu [141.210.10.117]
Simtel/win3/graphics/lviewp1b.zip
This example shows the site name followed in brackets by the IP address
followed by a series of directories separated by a "/". In most
occasions I have put the filename and dos extension after the last
directory eg. /graphics/lviewp1b.zip
Some Commands for some terminal ftp programs:
open sitename or IP address to open an ftp connection
cd .. to go up one directory
cd directory_name to go down one
cd directory_name/directory_name to go down two
dir to give a directory listing
bin to change to binary mode
hash to show ### as file is downloading
get filename.xxx to retrieve the file
Some of the windows ftp programs support drop and drag or just double
click to retrieve the file. ws_ftp and Chameleon's ftp support this.
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5. Decoders.
Examples of uudecoders and smart uudecoders for Dos/Windows:-
Wncode26.zip Version 2.6.6 the latest (IMHO The Best decoder for Windows)
UUMaster V 4.01
UU31.zip or UU33.zip
ENUU21.zip
xferp100.zip
uuexe532.zip
uuexe525.zip
Most of these will be found on the major ftp sites.
Simtel's own site: ftp.coast.net
oak.oakland.edu and mirrors.
There is an entire directory, /SimTel/msdos/decode, dedicated to
these programs.
Smart Decoders
WINCODE266
Snappy Software now have a fixed IP (snappy.globalone.net) with a Linux
Server running from midnight to noon Eastern Standard Time each day.
(NOT 24 Hours) You can visit our HomePage at: http://snappy.globalone.net
OR you can request an auto-emailed copy by sending a BLANK message to:
sna...@snappy.globalone.net.
The HomePage has all our updated info as well as other key contact e-mail
address through which users can obtain the latest info immediately
(auto-reply). We have set up anonFTP, an auto-email-fileserver and a
HomePage to allow users many options to contact us.
NOTE: Those that have ordered the Wincode Help file and have not
received it should contact Snappy via this Home page and can receive
the help file automatically via email.
Snappy has released Wincode v2.6.5 which does have BINHEX decoding but
not encoding.
Other Locations for Wincode:-
ftp.cica.indiana.edu pub/pc/win3/util/wncode26.zip
leica.ccu.edu.tw (140.123.1.3)/pub/msdos/windows/util/wncode26.zip
info.nic.surfnet.nl (192.87.46.3)
/mirror-archive/software/cica-win3/util/wncode26.zip
STUFFIT EXPANDER - WINDOWS
StuffIt Expander v1.0 for Windows is a freeware utility from Aladdin
Systems that expands eight compressed and encoded formats, including
StuffIt (.sit), Zip (.zip), Arj (.arj), Arc (.arc), gzip (.gz),
uuencode (.uue), BinHex (.hqx), and MacBinary (.bin).
Supports Drag & Dropping of files for decoding decompressing.
http://www.aladdinsys.com/
ftp://ftp.aladdinsys.com/
ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/win3/archiver/sitex10.exe
SimTel/win3/archiver/sitex10.exe
Expands SIT/ZIP/ARJ/ARC/GZ/UUE/HQX/BIN formats
A Macintosh version is also available as FreeWare and ShareWare.
WINPACK, WINPACK DELUXE & WINPACK DELUXE32 This program is also mentioned
in the Mac to PC heading as it supports Binhex encoded files..
Current features of WinPack32 Deluxe, and WinPack Deluxe v.80 BETA.
WinPack is a shareware ZIP utility, designed to eliminate the need to
shell out to DOS equivalents. We felt the need for a ZIP package that
would run completely under windows, with all functions self contained.
We hope that Winpack meets with these goals. WinPack Deluxe supports
ZIP, GZIP, ARC, LHARC, ARJ, TAR, ZOO, COMPRESS, FREEZE, BINHEX, PACK,
PACKIT, MIME, UUENCODE, DECODE, and a few others. WinPack is developed
by AshSoft and distributed by RetroSpect
Formats Supported Features Supported
ZIP (internal decomp/comp) Dockable Toolbar (Win95)
Gzip (internal decomp/comp) Long Filename Support (Win95)
UUEncode (internal decomp/comp) Toolhelp Bubbles (Win95)
BinHEX (internal decomp/comp) Self-Extracting EXE's
TAR (internal decomp/comp) ARCHIVE conversion(*)
ARJ (internal decompression)(**) Drag-n-Drop
(*) Ability to convert between any supported archive format
(**) ARJ is only available to registered users
WinPack32 Deluxe can be found at:
Compuserve WinUTIL Lib 9 as WPACKD32.EXE
FTP.CICA.INDIANA.EDU /PUB/PC/WIN95/UPLOADS/WPACK32D-V80.EXE
WinPack Deluxe can be found at:
Compuserve WinUTIL Lib 5 as WPACKD.EXE
FTP.CICA.INDIANA.EDU /PUB/PC/WIN3/.UPLOADS2/WPACKD80.EXE
MPACK/MUNPACK
Is a smart decoder that handles both MIME and uuencode formats.
Base64 decoder for dos
ftp.andrew.cmu.edu:pub/mpack/mpack15d.zip
Versions are included for unix, pc, os2, mac, amiga and archimedes
systems.
UU
An extremely smart and fast decoder for DOS. UU will extract multiple
files and multiple sections in multiple files. The sections and files
need NOT be in order as UU will read all files and create a map before
extracting. Without 'begin' lines UU will read 'Subject:' headings etc
to try to determine the file/section name and position.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/msdos/decode/uu40s.zip
Jim Tucker <jtu...@byron.apana.org.au> has written three DOS programs
which enable binary files to be emailed in ASCII format without
requiring decoding. The target files are similar to UUE however they are
executable text (.COM files) and therefore no decoding software is
required. The source files are limited to ~52K, however the programs
include a built-in UUEncoder and an ASCII format decoder for larger
files.
NETSEND
The source file is converted to a self-extracting ASCII file. Executing
the ASCII file extracts the original binary file (data or program).
ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/msdos/decode/netsend1.zip
NETRUN
The source program (.COM or .EXE) is converted to a program in ASCII
text format. Executing the text file will run the program! Command line
parameters for the original program can be used. Errorlevel exits are
preserved.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/msdos/decode/netrun31.zip
NETPIC
Converts a .GIF file into an viewable ASCII program. When the ASCII text
is executed the program displays the original GIF picture as 320x200x256
colors. The recipient does NOT need decoding OR VIEWING software. Includes
automatic resizing of larger pictures.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/msdos/graphics/netpic32.zip
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
This is a plain (not very smart but small) DOS UUdecoder written by
Jim Tucker <jtu...@byron.apana.org.au> which can be emailed as plain
ASCII text. This solves the chicken and egg problem -- how to mail a
UUdecoder to somebody who does not have a UUdecoder. The program which
created this, NETRUN, is available on SimTel and mirror sites:
SimTel/msdos/decode/netrun31.zip. Follow the instructions below and
enter MUUD for help.
THE FOLLOWING text is an executable NETRUN program. It does NOT
require decoding.
1 Clip at the line below and end of text
2 Save the clipped portion as MUUD.COM
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UUDEVIEW
A nice and user-friendly decoder for UNIX, DOS and WINDOWS.
AUTHOR & SUPPORT: f...@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de
ftp.uni-frankfurt.de/pub/dist/frank
uudeview-0.4.tar.gz (Unix sourcecode)
uudvd-04.zip (DOS)
uudvw-04.zip (Windows)
Take a look at the UUdeview Home Page,
http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/~fp/uudeview/
Also on sites:-
oak.oakland.edu/Simtel/msdos/decode/uudvd-04.zip (DOS)
oak.oakland.edu/Simtel/win3/encode/uudvw-04.zip (Windows)
This Smart decoder can save all news articles into one or multiple
files. uudeview will scan the file(s) for uuencoded data and will
then ask you whether you want each file de-coded or not. Works with
most postings. You do not need to manually edit the article file!
ZR FileWks 6.0a Jpeg,Gif,Bmp,UUE,ZIP,AR*,LZH
ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/graphics/zrfw60.zip
zrfw60.zip ZR FileWks 6.0a Jpeg,Gif,Bmp,UUE,ZIP,AR*,LZH
Jpeg, Gif, Bmp, Pcx, Tif, Tga, Dib, etc. viewer with built-in UUE
controls to merge and decode UUE files recieved via internet mail or
usenet. Also can extract UUE files from online logs, unZIP, ARC, ARJ,
LZH, or ZOO compressed files, create them, add to existing ones,
delete files from them, UUEncode them, breakup the UUE file into
smaller files of any size to mail them, etc.
As some files are encoded with binhex I have two of them I post to the
alt.binaries.pictures.utilities group called binhex.zip and
udec1_1.zip so look for them there first. Or:- ftp.nstn.ns.ca
(137.186.128.11)/pub/pc-stuff/compression/binhex.zip and
sunshine.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de (132.187.10.1)
/pub/peter/udec1_1.zip
NOTE:
There maybe other decoders available that I may not know about, If
anyone wants them added to this let me know.
America On Line:-
For those using Americal On Line try reading the
AOL Online Binaries FAQ part 1 & 2 is posted every other Friday
to several groups including news.answers
by Leslie Jones - mac...@aol.com
Netcom:-
There seems to be an impression abroad among newbie Netcruiser users
that Netcruiser is some sort of net-wide thing. It isn't. It's
proprietary to Netcom, and, percentage-wise, very few people on the net
know a damn thing about it. You have just posted your question of very
narrow interest to a global newsgroup, where people in Australia, New
Zealand and Austria may be scratching their heads wondering what in the
hell you're talking about.
Because of this, Netcom has gone to a bit of trouble to set up
newsgroups specifically for Netcruiser customers, I suggest you use
them first before pestering me.
netcom.netcruiser.announce:
netcom.netcruiser.apps:
netcom.netcruiser.general:
netcom.netcruiser.newusers:
netcom.netcruiser.tech:
netcom.netcruiser.test
==============================
6. MIME. (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
MIME/Base64 decoding is included in some Email programs. Programs such
as Wincode (mentioned above) can handle MIME/Base 64 and also
MPACK/MUNPACK as mentioned below.
For more information on MIME you can read the newsgroup or get the
faqs, (3 parts) from one of the following:-
- It is posted approximately monthly to the newsgroups comp.mail.mime,
comp.answers, and news.answers. The "Expires:" field is set such
that---on systems which honor this field---the most recent edition
will always be in the news spool.
- Many sites archive news.answers postings, including these:
ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/mail/mime-faq/
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/mail/mime-faq/
Mirror at ftp.cs.ruu.nl.
mpack/munpack
Is a smart decoder that handles both MIME and uuencode formats.
Base64 decoder for dos
ftp.andrew.cmu.edu:pub/mpack/mpack15d.zip
Versions are included for unix, pc, os2, mac, amiga and archimedes
systems.
Mpack and munpack are utilities for encoding and decoding
(respectively) binary files in MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions) format mail messages. For compatibility with older forms
of transferring binary files, the munpack program can also decode
messages in split-uuencoded format. The Macintosh version can also
decode messages in split-BinHex format.
To decode a MIME message, first save it to a text file. If possible,
save it with all headers included. Munpack can decode some MIME files
when the headers are missing or incomplete, other files it cannot
decode without having the information in the headers. In general,
messages which have a statement at the beginning that they are in MIME
format can be decoded without the headers. Messages which have been
split into multiple parts generally require all headers in order to be
reassembled and decoded.
Some LAN-based mail systems and some mail providers (including America
Online, as of the writing of this document) place the mail headers at
the bottom of the message, instead of at the top of the message. If
you are having problems decoding a MIME message on such a system, you
need to convert the mail back into the standard format by removing the
system's nonstandard headers and moving the standard Internet headers
to the top of the message (separated from the message body with a
blank line).
There must be exactly one message per file. Munpack cannot deal with
multiple messages in a single file, to decode things correctly it must
know when one message ends and the next one begins.
To decode a message, run the command:
munpack file
where "file" is the name of the file containing the message. More than
one filename may be specified, munpack will try to decode the message in
each file. For more information on ways to run munpack, see the
documentation that comes with mpack/munpack.
==============================
7. Graphic Viewers.
The most common of these usenet binary messages are in JPEG and GIF
format. There are also some which have been compressed with pkzip,
normally pk204g.exe version.
To be able to view the JPEG and GIF files once decoded you will need
some sort of viewer. There are several viewers for DOS and windows.
Some viewers will view both JPEG and GIF, others only one format.
Some will convert from one format to other formats. Some times
viewers are also posted to alt.binaries.pictures.utilities.
But here are some viewers that I have found to work well.
LView Pro (Windows) FTP Sites:-
lviewpro version 1C for Windows 95 is available here but this
version is NAGWARE, best to stick to earlier version 1b.
ftp to ftp.std.com /ftp/vendors/mmedia/lview/
File lviewp1b.zip contains LView Pro 1.B, the current shareware
version for Windows 3.1, Windows 3.1 with Win32s and Windows NT
oak.oakland.edu [141.210.10.117] Simtel/win3/graphics/lviewp1b.zip
LView Pro 1.B is a image file editor/viewer/converter for Microsoft
Windows 3.1, Win32s and Windows NT. LView Pro loads/saves image files
in: JPEG JFIF, GIF 87a/89a, Truevision TARGA, TIFF, Windows and OS/2
BMP, ZSoft's PCX, and PBMPLUS' PBM, PGM and PPM formats. LView 19 and
LView31 is are older versions, the most current is Lviewp1B.zip
(Also see Windows95 heading for the NAGWARE version)
LView Pro performs batch compression, batch printing, contact sheet
image merging and slideshow viewing, and good screen capture function.
NOTE: win32s mentioned above is available on
ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/pw1118.exe, after extraction it
becomes among others w32s120.exe. Win32s is required for 32 bit
programs.
GRAPHIC WORKSHOP FTP Sites:-
uunorth.north.net [198.52.32.1] in the directory /pub/alchemy. WWW
page at http://uunorth.north.net:8000/alchemy/html/alchemy.html The
current versions are 1.1o for Windows now reads 37 file formats and
7.0e for DOS.
GDS FTP Sites:-
gds31d.zip Currently only for DOS
garbo.uwasa.fi [193.166.120.5]/pc/graphics/gds31d.zip
ftp.netcom.com [192.100.81.10]/pub/ph/photodex/gds*.zip
Formats supported:
GIF, JPEG, BMP, TGA, PCX, PCC, TIFF, LBM, BBM, MAC, GDS, IFF, HAM,
ANS, TXT, CUT, PAL, ColorRIX, RFX, RAX, WPG .GL (with GRASPRT.EXE),
FLI (with QUICKFLI.EXE)
NOTE from Photodex:
Remember that you also need to get QUICKFLI.EXE and put it in the
same path as GDS.EXE. GDS supports FLI's and GL's by executing
QUICKFLI.EXE and GRASPRT.EXE with command lines for the files you
click on.
GraphX Viewer 1.51
Image Display, Conversion, Thumbnails, Editing for
Windows, Windows 3.11, Windows NT, SCO-Open Desktop, SunOS,
Solaris, HPUX, AIX, and DGUX
ftp://ftp.group42.com/pub/gviewer/
http://www.group42.com
GO GRAPHICS, Library 3
v1.5-FREE, v2.0-$49
Imports: OS/2 BMP, Windows BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, Sun Raster, TGA,
TIFF (raw, RLE, G3 & G4, LZW), XWD, and UUE/XXE encoded.
Exports: OS/2 BMP, Windows BMP, GIF ([non]interlaced), JPEG, PCX,
PostScript (Levels 1 & 2), PNG, Sun Raster, TGA, TIFF (raw, RLE,
G3 & G4, LZW), XWD, and UUE/XXE decoding (single and multi-part)
Features: Excellent 8-bit display of 24-bit images, color and size
reduction, image filters and adjustment, thumbnail catalog
creation and management, "smart" decoder for multi-part
UUE/XXE files, contact sheet creation, extensive help, SDI
support for Enhanced Mosaic. Export options include color
reductions for all format specific color levels (1, 4, 8, 16,
24-bit color and gray scale).
Author: Group 42, Inc.
Voice: 800.520.0042, 513.831.3400; Email: in...@group42.com
ACDSee v1.25 FTP Sites:- (Current Version, now V1.25)
Available on dataflux.bc.ca
A small, quick Windows image viewer Rapid decompression, View the
image as it is decompressed Easy, lightning-fast image panning
Supports 256, 32k, 64k and 16M colours Supports all JFIF image files (.JPG)
Older versions available
wuarchive.wustl.edu:/pub/msdos_uploads/win_graphics/acdc125.zip
ZR FileWks 6.0a Jpeg,Gif,Bmp,UUE,ZIP,AR*,LZH
ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/graphics/zrfw60.zip
zrfw60.zip ZR FileWks 6.0a Jpeg,Gif,Bmp,UUE,ZIP,AR*,LZH
Jpeg, Gif, Bmp, Pcx, Tif, Tga, Dib, etc. viewer with built-in UUE
controls to merge and decode UUE files recieved via internet mail or
usenet. Also can extract UUE files from online logs, unZIP, ARC, ARJ,
LZH, or ZOO compressed files, create them, add to existing ones,
delete files from them, UUEncode them, breakup the UUE file into
smaller files of any size to mail them, etc.
WINJPEG FTP Sites:-
Shareware JPEG viewer for Windows 3.x. (winjp*.zip)
ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the /pub/pc/win3/util/
winftp.cica.indiana.edu [129.79.26.27]
oak.oakland.edu/Simtel/win3/graphics/winjp256.zip
WinJPEG v.2.65 is a shareware image viewer with image processing
and conversion capabilities for Microsoft Windows 3.x. It has the
following features:
- display JPEG, TIFF, Targa, GIF, PCX, OS/2 BMP, Windows BMP, PPM,
or IFF images, export an image to JPEG, TIFF, Targa, GIF, PCX,
OS/2 BMP, Windows BMP, PPM, or IFF format.
WINECJ12 (JPEG Viewer current version - winecj12.zip)
ftp.cica.indiana.edu/pub/pc/win3/desktop/
plaza.aarnet.edu.au/micros/pc/oak/windows3/
wcarchive.cdrom.com/.2/simtel/msdos/windows3/
and
DISPLAY (Two Files)
nctuccca.edu.tw/PC/graphics/disp/disp187a.zip AND disp187b.zip
oak.oakland.edu /SimTel/msdos/graphics/disp187a.zip AND disp187b.zip
DISPLAY will also allow you to view moving pictures, such as .mpg,
dl, .gl, .fli, .flc, .avi, .mov, besides the many standard still
formats. You can also convert files from one format to another, and
extract single frames from the animated ones.
VUEPRINT
It lets you view and print GIF, JPEG, BMP, PCX, TGA, and TIFF files,
and is both a viewer and a screen saver.
VuePrint can also unzip files produced by pkzip 2.04g,
as well as directly decoding and displaying image files
in one step (both uuencoded and MIME files).
The latest version is 4.0, and it can be obtained from:
www: http://www.primenet.com/~hamrick/
ftp: anonymous ftp to ftp.primenet.com in /users/h/hamrick
It is shareware, and costs $40 to register. Registered
users can download the Pro/32 Edition, which works well
on Windows 95.
OTHERS
jpeg5386.zip
jpeg5.zip
qpeg15e.zip
==============================
8. Newsreaders.
If you are on a slip or PPP connection you could be using a mail/news
reading program such as one of the Newsreaders below. Using these
newsreaders will enable you to uudecode most binary messages from your
newsreader. On most it is just a matter of hold shift key and
multiple selecting the files eg 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 and hit the
extract key, confirm the directory to save the extracted file and it
will automatically uudecode. There will be the odd one that they
cannot decode, these can be saved to file and possibly uudecoded
with one of the decoders mentioned above. Some problems include
faulty files, incomplete files and files not in correct order before
extracting. If this happens try saving to disk and uudecoding using
another method eg wincode. With Trumpet Newsreader try altering the
sort order by selecting subject from the view menu.
Shell account users may be using Unix Newsreaders provided by the host
computer. Some of these now have smart decoders built in. Nn, Rn, Trn,
and Tin all have these included in the program, and it's a simple
matter to see, get, and uudecode files, without even leaving your
newsreader. Location of faqs for these are listed later.
A new generation of smart uudecoders are becoming popular now, and these
are multiple part smart decoders, Unpost being the most popular and
widely distributed of these. With Unpost, you can save all the parts of
all the posts that you want to decode to a single file, and do all the
decoding in one shot automatically, much faster then you could any other
way. This is the easiest way to decode many files at the same time,
and can reduce the amount of time you spend decoding pics to a tenth
of what it would be otherwise (depending on how many you are decoding).
With unpost, you can even read all the posts right off the news spool, so
you don't even have to load a newsreader at all. (Unpost can be found
via WWW at http://www.csn.net/~jstevens/, or on FTP site
ftp.netcom.com:/pub/ha/hagie/unpost/unpost.zip) Unpost will work on Dos
machines as well.
WINDOWS NEWSREADERS
Trumpet Newsreader (built in uudecode/uuencode)
(email send & receive & news reader)
ftp.utas.edu.au/pc/win3/trumpet/wtwsk10b.zip
tasman.cc.utas.edu.au/pc/win31/netstuff/news/wtwsk10b.zip
utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/PC/network/winsock/trumpet/wtwsk10b.zip
Trumpet Newsreader Upgrade.
Trumpet 1.0 Rev B final beta #4, which has added a number of features
including the ability to sort articles by name, date, subject, or
thread. (This is an upgrade from final beta #1, which is needed first).
It is available from the following ftp site:
ftp.trumpet.com.au [203.5.119.1] /ftp/pub/wintrump/wt_wsk.zip
ftp.warwick.ac.uk/pub/usenet/mswindows/wintrump/old/wt_wsk.zip
NOTE: Do not get confused between trumpet winsock and trumpet
newsreader, they are two different programs.
NOTE: Earlier versions of Trumpet Newsreader can not uudecode files.
WINVN (built in uudecode/uuencode)
(email, send only & news reader)
**WinVN 16-bit**
ftp://ftp.ksc.nasa.gov/pub/winvn/win3/wv16_99_02.zip
**WinVN 32-bit**
ftp://ftp.ksc.nasa.gov/pub/winvn/nt/winvn_99_02_intel.zip
Version: Both - 0.99.2
Date: Both - 3/28/95
Size: WinVN 16 - 266 Kb. WinVN 32 - 282 Kb
Status: Freeware
Winvn 32 bit is also available in that directory.
Also on:
ftp.tu-clausthal.de in the directory /pub/msdos/windows/news/
New release of beta versions are frequent.
Spell Check 3.0 is on ftp directory at EriNet and also include a
separate text file (wcspell3.txt) with detailed instructions on
how to configure the program to work with WinVN and News Xpress.
ftp.erinet.com /pub/dmike wcspell3.zip
News Xpress (built in uudecode/uuencode)
(email, send only & news reader) It's freeware, from
ftp.hk.super.net:/pub/windows/wskutil/nx10b3.zip
ftp://ftp.best.com/pub/schaft/Internet_Apps/nx10b3.zip
FREE AGENT (Offline/OnLine Reader with decoding ability)
Free Agent v0.46 is available via anonymous ftp from
ftp.forteinc.com/pub/forte/agent046.zip, or through our WWW pages at
<URL:http://www.forteinc.com/forte/>. The Web pages contain a full
product description and hotlinks to download the latest version of the
software.
The beta test home page is at
<URL:http://www.forteinc.com/forte/btbeta.htm>.
For those of you who do not have Web access, or do not wish to spend the
time online perusing the Web pages, we will maintain a copy of the FAQ in
Write (.WRI) format on our FTP site. It is available via anonymous ftp
from ftp.forteinc.com/pub/forte/agentfaq.zip
NETSCAPE (WWW) (Most recent version to my knowledge is 0.94)
ftp.mcom.com/netscape
ftp.barrnet.net/netscape
It is a World Wide Web browser with facility to read Usenet.
==============================
9. Unarchivers (.zip, gunzip, tar)
You may also need to get other programs for unarchiving files. Files
with filename extensions such as .zip, .z, .gz, and .tar are covered here.
But there may also be others that have been compressed with LHA, ZOO or
ARJ. The most recent file names for these are lha255b.exe, zoo210.zip and
arj241a.exe (use Archie to find them). Compress (comp430d.zip) will
uncompress some formats although I have not used it. (All the above are dos
programs. Winzip95.exe for Windows 95 now handles the above formats).
PKZIP (.zip)
The two pkzip programs are filenames pk204g.exe and pkz204g.exe, either
one will do The windows interface program has a file name of
winzip95.exe. (http://www.winzip.com/winzip/)
For new users using pkzip:
I would advise setting up a directory specifically for it, say C:\pkzip.
Download pk204g.exe and put it into this directory. At the dos prompt
type pk204g and it will self extract its 16 files.
READ THE TEXT FILES they will help.
Also set up another directory say C:\downloads. Put copy or move
pkzip.exe and pkunzip.exe from C:\pkzip into C:\downloads. Put any
newly downloaded files into downloads directory and at the dos prompt
to unzip eg. filename.zip type pkunzip filename.zip (do not forget the
space between pkunzip and filename.zip)
WINZIP95.EXE Ftp Sites:- (Also older versions of Winzip in 16 bit)
Winzip95 (Current version winzip95.exe)
WWW browser site: http://www.winzip.com/
http://www.winzip.com/winzip/index.html
ftp.winzip.com/winzip/winzip56.exe
oak.oakland.edu /simtel/win3/archiver/winzip56.exe
garbo.uwasa.fi:/windows/util/winzip56.exe
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/util/winzip56.exe
winzip95 will handle .zip, .lhz, .arj, .arc, .tar, .taz .tgz, .z, .gz,
and microsoft compress LZExpand formats.
If you have trouble with winzip please send email to sup...@winzip.com.
- Nico Mak
Winzip Review (Dec 94)
"If your interested, you can read a review on it at my magazine site
http://www.eskimo.com/~scrufcat/wr.html.
Ron Critchfield
Editor-In-Chief WR Magazine"
I have a small faq file on winzip56, send a pleasant request if you
require it and why, and only after you have read the exceptional
on-line help that is provided with winzip (I am NOT an autoresponder,
so NONE of the "send winzip" shit).
It is in windows write format with screen dumps so be prepared for it
to be emailed in binary mode in a .zip format.
PK204G.EXE Ftp Sites:-
ftp.pkware.com/pub/pkware/pk204g.exe or pkz204g.exe
ftp.mcafee.com/pub/misc/pkz204g.exe
ftp.wcmc.org.uk (192.26.45.200)/pub/dos/pk204g.exe
src.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.43.1)/computing/systems/novell/novlib
/02/pk204g.exe
DRAG AND ZIP
oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/archiver/dz50.exe
Zip file manager with Internet support
Drag And Zip works with any file manager that supports Drag and Drop
and makes it into a manager for Zip files. Built-in Zipping, Unzipping
and Virus Scanning. Links to Mosaic and Netscape. Works with PKZIP
(ZIP), LHA (LZH) and GUNZIP (GZ).
gunzip.exe & tar4dos.zip (For DOS)
For files with .gz or .z try using gunzip.exe, this will unzip both of
these formats. For files with .tar try tar4dos.zip. Both these files
are readily available on the main sites and normally in the archivers
directory. Your best option is to Telnet to and Archie, login as
Archie and type prog tar4dos.zip or prog gunzip.exe and it will tell
you which sites and which directories.
NOTE: Some files can be compressed with BOTH tar AND gzip giving both
the .tar and .z extensions in the file name.
==============================
10. Mac to PC Conversions.
There are several programs available for converting Mac files to use
on the PC. Although this is still not totally perfect it does allow
certain files to now be read on PC's. There are DOS converters to
convert Binhex files and also programs to convert .sit,.sea, and
several other formats. I do NOT personally use a Mac and the
information here may not be 100% accurate. (If anyone cares to correct
me, feel free). There also may be more up-to-date versions of the Dos
programs mentioned here.
A ".sea" file from a Mac does not indicate which particular compression
program this file was created by or originated from. The ".sea" suffix
is generic and merely means "self-extracting-archive" similar to an
executable zip file (if there is such a thing?).
Suffixes like ".cpt" and ".sit" are more explanatory for not only do
they tell you that the Mac file is compressed - these suffixes also
indicate the creators of those files (.sit = StuffIt, .cpt = Compact Pro)
There are many other compression programs for Mac but these two are
the most widely used and the most popular.
Since each compression program uses a slightly different compression
algorithm then each program needs a _particular_ algorithm to decompress
as well.
This is the inherent problem with the ".sea" file structure that for
a Mac user - he cares not which program created the ".sea" file as it
is an executable and will auto-run and decompress. But for a PC user
who cannot execute and run the file then you must need to know the creator
of the file to manually decompress by using a program for the PC made
to extract _that particular_ type of compression format used on that
_particular type_ of file.
TRANSMAC (For reading Mac disks on a PC/Windows)
ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/win3/diskutil/tmac14.zip
convert Binhexftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/win3/diskutil/tmac14.zip
SimTel/win3/diskutil/
tmac14.zip Access Macintosh drives from a Windows PC
TransMac is a PC Windows/Windows95 utility that can access Macintosh HD
diskettes, CDROMs, and SCSI drives (Syquest, Bernoulli, Zip, optical,
harddrives, etc.). It can also format diskettes for the Mac.
STUFFIT EXPANDER - WINDOWS
StuffIt Expander v1.0 for Windows is a freeware utility from Aladdin
Systems that expands eight compressed and encoded formats, including
StuffIt (.sit), Zip (.zip), Arj (.arj), Arc (.arc), gzip (.gz),
uuencode (.uue), BinHex (.hqx), and MacBinary (.bin).
Supports Drag & Dropping of files for decoding decompressing.
http://www.aladdinsys.com/
ftp://ftp.aladdinsys.com/
ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/win3/archiver/sitex10.exe
SimTel/win3/archiver/
sitex10.exe Expands SIT/ZIP/ARJ/ARC/GZ/UUE/HQX/BIN formats
A Macintosh version is also available as FreeWare and ShareWare.
WINPACK, WINPACK DELUXE & WINPACK DELUXE32
Current features of WinPack32 Deluxe, and WinPack Deluxe v.80 BETA.
WinPack is a shareware ZIP utility, designed to eliminate the need to
shell out to DOS equivalents. We felt the need for a ZIP package that
would run completely under windows, with all functions self contained.
We hope that Winpack meets with these goals. WinPack Deluxe supports
ZIP, GZIP, ARC, LHARC, ARJ, TAR, ZOO, COMPRESS, FREEZE, BINHEX, PACK,
PACKIT, MIME, UUENCODE, DECODE, and a few others. WinPack is
developed by AshSoft and distributed by RetroSpect
Formats Supported Features Supported
ZIP (internal decomp/comp) Dockable Toolbar (Win95)
Gzip (internal decomp/comp) Long Filename Support (Win95)
UUEncode (internal decomp/comp) Toolhelp Bubbles (Win95)
BinHEX (internal decomp/comp) Self-Extracting EXE's
TAR (internal decomp/comp) ARCHIVE conversion(*)
ARJ (internal decompression)(**) Drag-n-Drop
(*) Ability to convert between any supported archive format
(**) ARJ is only available to registered users
WinPack32 Deluxe can be found at:
Compuserve WinUTIL Lib 9 as WPACKD32.EXE
FTP.CICA.INDIANA.EDU /PUB/PC/WIN95/UPLOADS/WPACK32D-V80.EXE
WinPack Deluxe can be found at:
Compuserve WinUTIL Lib 5 as WPACKD.EXE
FTP.CICA.INDIANA.EDU /PUB/PC/WIN3/.UPLOADS2/WPACKD80.EXE
UDEC 1.1
Universal decoding program for UUENCODE, XXENCODE, MPACK, SHIP and HEXBIN
files for DOS.
You'll find the latest version of udec always on the anonymous ftp server
You'll find the latest version of udec always on the anonymous ftp server
sunshine.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de (132.187.10.1) in /pub/peter.
Bug reports, suggestions and comments (flames will be ignored...)
are appreciated. Feel free to send email to...
Peter Liebel (lie...@cip.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de), 7.15.1995
Other Utilities
ftp ftp.cdrom.com : pub/simtel/msdos/diskutil/
macett30.zip 44067 940909 Read, write, and format Mac disks on a PC
macsee22.zip 54701 930325 Read/write Macintosh disks; text files only!
macsee4b.zip 256594 940430 Read/write Mac disks on PC. DOS/Win. NAGWARE
Binhex for Dos
rana.ccs.deakin.edu.au/pub/pc-net/dos/binhex
ftp.nstn.ns.ca (137.186.128.11)/pub/pc-stuff/compression/binhex.zip
oak.oakland.edu in SimTel/msdos/mac/binhex13.zip
ftp ftp.cdrom.com : /pub/garbo/pc/unix
xbin23.zip Unix xbin port to MS-DOS, decodes Mac BinHex files
ftp ftp.cdrom.com : /pub/simtel/msdos/mac/
binhex13.zip B 45638 930530 Encode/decode a Macintosh BinHex 4.0 file
xbin23.zip B 34636 910121 Decode a Macintosh BinHex file
unmacit.zip 930330 UNSIT and UNHQX for Windows (Mac utils)
ftp.cica.indiana.edu /pub/pc/win3/util
For accessing Mac Disks from Dos
garbo.uwasa.fi /pc/diskutil mac-ette.zip
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11. Windows 95.
I have not got very much to put in here as yet but keep watching, I
am sure info will come to hand as time goes by.
Using Microsoft Exchange for sending Binary files is not a problem.
Exchange will send in Base 64/MIME or UUencoded format and also
receive in both Base64/MIME or UUencode. Beware with received
split files as they are almost inpossible to put back together, try
to get your sender to send a file completly rather than splitting it.
To set MS Exchange for UUE only go to Tools|Options|Services|Internet
Mail|Properties|Message Format|And de select the MIME option.
Graphic viewers for Windows 95:
ftp to ftp.std.com /ftp/vendors/mmedia/lview/
File lviewpro.zip contains LView Pro 1.C3, the current shareware
version for Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51 with NewShell (also NAGWARE)
http://www.process.com/win95/win95ftp.htm
acdc125.zip (220 Kb)
Views most graphics files FAST! (I d/loaded this one and it's great!)
polyv200.zip (2.52 Mb)
Polyview is a 32 bit image viewer for Windows 95 and NT.
Also a Windows 95 compression program Winzip95.exe is available on
ftp.winzip.com or http://www.winzip.com/winzip/
There is also a new REGISTRY FAQ which may be of use to Windows 95 users.
I have it split into three parts and will endevour to Post it to the
following groups from time to time, but the latest version can be aquired
from the sites listed by the Author and shown below:
comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup
REGISTRY FAQ Written by kentd...@aol.com (KentDB9438):
===========================================
Internet E-Mail Message
===========================================
To: Various Usenet Newsgroups
From: KentD...@aol.com
Date: 09-04-95 10:51 AM
Subj: REGISTRY: FAQ available sites list
>===========================================
1) http://users.aol.com/KentDB9438/RegeditFAQ/faqtxt.zip
* - The correct file size of FAQTXT.ZIP is 52,011 bytes
NOTE: To Access this site, use a terminal FTP program and go to
users.aol.com and use the CD command to get to the final directory
and the get command to retrieve the file.
The directories appear to be hidden from Non-AOL users but it does work.
>2) http://theclassifieds.com/kangadru/faqs/
OK But this one you can only view.
>3) http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~s2156495/win95/faqtxt.zip
This one is now OK provided you have the "s" in front of the 2156495
directory which was ommitted by the original poster.
Also
http://theclassifieds.com/kdWare/faqs/
==============================
12. Using Archie.
To find files one easy way if you know the file name or part of the
file name is to use Archie. If you have an Archie Client or your
Internet provider has one then use it, otherwise telnet to one of the
ones I have listed below. Log on as archie and to locate a program
just type in the filename or part file name preceded by prog and a
space. eg for lviewp1B.zip just type prog lviewp1B.zip.
If one Archie does not find your file, do not despair, try another
Archie. They do not all give the same results and some will find
files that others can not.
Some Archie Sites.
archie.cs.mcgill.ca 132.206.51.250 Canada
archie.funet.fi 128.214.6.102 Finland
archie.sogang.ac.kr 163.239.1.11 Korea
archie.switch.ch 130.59.1.40 Switzerland
archie.nctuccca.edu.tw Taiwan
archie.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.11.3 United Kingdom
SimTel files may obtained by e-mail from various ftp-mail servers
or through the BITNET/EARN file servers. For details send e-mail
to list...@SimTel.Coast.NET with this command in the body of the
message: get simtel-mailserver.info
Gopher users can access the collection through Gopher.Oakland.Edu.
World Wide Web (WWW) and Mosaic users can connect to the URL
http://www.acs.oakland.edu to access the files on OAK.Oakland.Edu.
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13. Other Searching Facilities
CICA and Simtel Shareware search sites.
http://www.fagg.uni-lj.si/cica.html
http://www.fagg.uni-lj.si/simtel.html
FTP SITES BY NAME &IP NUMDER
http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu:80/ftp-interface.html
http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu:80/ftp-f-k.html A-Z broken down into
sections eg. ftp-f-k.html
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/finding-sources
http://white.nosc.mil/info.html
You got your veronicas, your archies, your jugheads, your crawlers,
worms, spiders, robots. You name it, it's there
Links to Scott yanoff etc
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~psr/index.html
==============================
14. Where to get other Information.
THE "WHAT/WHERE/WHY/HOW" FOR PICTURES (info on picture decoding!)
By Jim Howard.
Frequently posted to:-
alt.binaries.pictures.d, alt.binaries.pictures.misc,
alt.binaries.pictures.utilities, alt.binaries.pictures.fractals,
alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.d, news.answers, alt.answers
HOW TO DECODE PICS FAQ
By Scott Hagie
Who has written several faqs available via ftp listed below.
These faqs cover more types of newsreader and other platforms.
ftp to ftp.netcom.com/pub/ha/hagie/faq/ or via WWW at
http://www.csn.net/~jstevens/
Or through e-mail by mailing Scott Hagie with a certain subject headers.
The correct subjects and the faqs available are all below:
Subject Information
------- -----------
send help This file. The list of all current FAQs and how to get them.
send tin faq Help with decoding Usenet binaries automatically with Tin.
send rn faq Help with decoding Usenet binaries with Rn.
send trn faq Help with decoding Usenet binaries with Trn. (same as Rn)
send nn faq Help with decoding Usenet binaries with Nn.
send aol faq Help with decoding Usenet binaries with the AOL reader.
send decode faq General info on UUencoding, downloading, and viewing pics.
send abp faq The complete alt.binaries.pictures FAQ. Very informative.
send etiq faq Basic guidelines for Net-Etiquette. A must read.
EMAIL TO: ha...@netcom.com
SUBJECT: One of the topics listed EXACTLY as it appears above
eg. send aol faq or send tin faq or send decode faq.
MESSAGE AREA: It doesn't matter what is in the message area, it
just ignores it.
NOTE: Check your spelling or nothing will come back.
CAMFAQ.ZIP
Available via anonymous ftp on
garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/camfaq.zip
Frequently Asked Questions about comp.archives.msdos.announce and
comp.archives.msdos.d
VARIOUS OTHER INFORMATION & LINKS
http://www.yahoo.com/
JPEG-FAQ
JPEG image compression: (jpeg-faq) Frequently Asked Questions
Posted about every two weeks by Tom Lane in
comp.graphics,alt.graphics.pixutils,alt.binaries.pictures.utilities,
alt.binaries.pictures.d,alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d,comp.answers,
alt.answers,news.answers
You can always find the latest version in the news.answers archive
at rtfm.mit.edu (18.181.0.24). By FTP,
fetch rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/jpeg-faq
If you don't have FTP, send e-mail to mail-...@rtfm.mit.edu
containing the line send usenet/news.answers/jpeg-faq
Also On WWW, see
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html.
Most authorised faqs are on rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/*
THE WWW GRAPHICS PAGE – URL: http://www.best.com:80/~bryanw
Information such as:-
Tom Lane's JPEG faq; A link to the NCSA Mosaic FTP site;
Jim Howard's alt.binaries.pictures FAQ; MPEG information;
A link to the massive Usenet FAQ pages;
A link to Thomas Boutell's fantastic WWW faq;
Internet Service FAQ pages; Plus many other links.
00-FILES.DOC
A descriptive faq on various types of compression is available on
Simtel and mirrors in directory.
/SimTel/msdos/starter/00-files.doc (Revised: Sept. 15, 1994)
A new Faq by the CBIP (comp.binaries.ibm.pc group)
Moderator - Vinit S. Carpenter.
The FAQ's will posted on a regular basis on comp.binaries.ibm.pc
They are currently posted in comp.binaries.ibm.pc
1. Beginner's Guide to Binaries V1.5 (part 01/01)
2. UseNet CBIP Starters Kit V2.0
Available on ftp site:- vinny.csd.mu.edu/pub/cbip/admin
These are also available on:- (CBIP = comp.binaries.ibm.pc group)
garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/doc-net/cbipftpm.txt
CBIP beginner's Guide to FTP V1.7 (1-Oct-92)
garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/doc-net/cbipstar.txt
UseNet CBIP Starter's Kit 2.0 (31-Jan-94)
ABP FAQ (alt.binaries.pictures group)
Posted once a month - about 120kb and covers a wide variety of platforms.
part1 alt.binaries.pictures FAQ - General Etiquette
part2 alt.binaries.pictures FAQ - General info
part3 alt.binaries.pictures FAQ - OS specific info
All posted to: alt.binaries.pictures.d,alt.binaries.pictures.fine-art.d,
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d,alt.sex.pictures.d,news.answers,
alt.answers regularly. Or ftp to:
rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/alt.binaries.pictures/ directory
OR mail-...@rtfm.mit.edu, with a blank subject line, and with one
or more of the following commands in the message body:
send usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/part1 & part2 & part3
ZIP FILES OF INFORMATION
garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/moder42.zip - List of moderated sites
garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/doc-net/ftp-list.zip - List of FTP sites
oak.oakland.edu /SimTel/msdos/info/ftp-list.zip - List of FTP sites
Internet Services FAQ (ver. 1.8) (Archive-name: internet-services/faq)
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