Looking for advice.  I just tried an excursion on WWW and I found some
images under "Public Accessible Files."  I tried to download two TV images
one had only a prefix, no suffix (SIMPSON) and the other had a prefix and
a suffix (MURPHY.GZ).  I used YModem transfer protocol and I now have 
these two files on my hard disk.  I can not view them!!!!!
I am using a shareware viewer which claims it can look at umpteen different
file types, but no luck.  I have tried a simple file name change to something
like SIMPSON.GIF etc, but no luck.  I then thought these may require 
unzipping, but that wasn't the answer.  

Anyone have any advice?

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I have no idea about SIMPSON, but the .gz one is gzip'd - stored in a
compressed form.  There are DOS implementations of gunzip, & probably
others, but the format originated in the Unix world & is most readily
found there ... er, here.  You may want to look around for something
you can run on your own machine, or you may want to put it back here,
<sigh>, then gunzip it & transfer it *again* <sigh again>, preferably
in some other compressed format (PKUNZIP-compatible zip, for instance)
which you can handle.  Whether you'll be able to use the end result
is of course still an open question.

If you're using a DOS/Windows machine -- the latest version of winzip,
a shareware zip/unzip program, can expand gzipped files.

Dave and John - Thanks, I'll give that a try this weekend.  Appreciate
your help!

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Ah, yes - if you used ftp to download them, you normally have to set the
file type to binary, or stuff gets garbaged.  If you use kermit, you need
to make sure the file type is set to binary on BOTH ENDS of the transfer.

Thanks for your help.  I got a few files transferred.  I am to embarrassed
to tell you what my problem was, but you helped me solve it.

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