For more information on MacKermit or Crosstalk, call the Help Desk at 204-8000. Note, however, that MacKermit does not properly transfer binary files. Before you begin uploading or downloading, you must know if you will be transferring a binary or text file. A binary file such as a graphic, a compiled program, or a file created in a word processing program contains program codes. A word processing file is binary, for example, because it contains codes for margin settings as well as for character attributes, such as bold and underline.
Text files contain only characters.
They do not contain program codes. Save As feature with a text or text-only option that allows you to take out the formatting codes and save the characters only. If the file you wish to transfer is on a diskette, insert the diskette into the drive. Make note of the text or binary filename you will be transferring. Start the Fetch program.