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Walt,
Get WinFTP or CuteFTP at one of the Shareware software sites. CuteFTP is
good & cost $30 although some are free. Then you can download like crazy.
www.cuteftp.com
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: Walter Lake <wlake@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Metastock bulletin board <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 7:42 PM
Subject: ftp:// site downloads?
> Hi Ton et al
>
> I'm trying to copy or download files from Gibbon Burke's site at
>
> ftp://ftp.io.com/pub/usr/gibbonsb/futures/pc/
>
> No luck ... they come up fine on the screen and the worksheets are
> functional in IE5.0 but I can't copy or download the files.
>
> two notes say:
>
> " ... CAUTION!!!
> If you are using unix-base ftp, put it into binary mode (type "binary" at
> the ftp prompt) before you start transferring these binary or they will be
> rendered unreadable. ..."
>
> Doesn't seem to work. I've tried typing "binary" in various places without
> success.
>
> =================================================
>
> Welcome to the Futures Spreadsheet Archive!
>
> There are two directories here for your use:
>
> mac Macintosh Computer format files
> pc MS-DOS compatible file format
>
> Both archives contain spreadsheet files created for Futures magazine,
> as detailed in the November 1994 installment of my monthly column,
> The Computerized Trader.
>
> Issue Article Title PC Filename
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Sep-92 All about f:Using a spreadsheet to maximize gain optimalf.sea
> Jan-93 Tips, tricks and tactics... (Student's t-test) t-test.xlw
> Apr-93 Easing the sting of April 15th (Tax day trade) april15.xlw
> Aug-93 Analyzing trading performance with Excel (VAMI) vami.xls
> Oct-93 Figuring Fibonacci retracements (caluculator) retrace.xls
> Oct-93 Measuring Market Choppiness with Chaos choppy.xls
> Feb-94 Picking nits and niggling ticks (proper rounding) mround.xls
> Mar-94 A sharper Sharpe ratio sharper.xls
> Jun-94 Happy returns of the day (or, Hillary in the pits) returns.xls
> Jul-94 Comparing Apples to Apples indexer.xlw
>
> Files in the Macintosh (mac) directory have ".hqx" appended to the end of
> the filename, indicating they are encoded using the BinHex4 standard. Use
> BinHex4, Compactor, or Stuffit Expander to de-code these files into normal
> macintosh spreadsheet files.
>
> Files in the PC directory are raw binary files, so you will have to put
> ftp into "binary" mode before you "get" anything.
>
> I hope you find these files useful. Please let me know if you have
> comments, ideas or suggestions for making this archive more useful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gibbons Burke
> gibbonsb@xxxxxx
>
> ======================================
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
> Walter
>
>
>
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