From:	Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Problem with simtel ftp site
Date:	Sun, 29 Aug 1999 20:05:52 -0400
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Guan Foo Wah wrote:
> 
> I have just found out that Allegro 3.12 is a available for downloading.
> 
> However, I have trouble downloading using Netscape Navigator 4.08 (not
> communicator), but fine under the Internet Explorer 5.


You are right to include the disclaimer "cot communicator", since
Communcator 4.61 does not have the problem you report.  Perhaps
upgrading your Netscape installation is in order.

> 
> The directory ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2tk/allegro/
> appears to have some problem with Netscape.
> 
> This is how netscape will show the contents of the directory (date and size
> is deleted)
> Up to higher level directory
> message
> HEADER
> bin/
> dsk1/
> dsk2/
> dsk3/
> dsk4/
> etc/
> pub/
> 
> When clicking on either directory, the same directory contents will show
> again and again. For example
> ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2tk/allegro/bin/bin/bin/bin/
>  is possible. I don't know why this is happening. IE 5 shows the
> directory without any troubles at all.

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Martin Ambuhl	mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net

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