Date   : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:12:46 +0100
From   : Andy@... (Andrew Livens)
Subject: bbcdocs website problem

The replies on this are so funny - the guy just wants to be able to
download a file and he gets pages of advice on how he should be running
this and not running that, government recommendations and deprecated
operating systems, but none on how to help fix the problem.

 

Is it any wonder people think techies are no use to anyone ?

 

Bob - what happens if you right click on the file and just try to save
it to your machine ?

 

Are you able to download any of the text files or the image files from
BBCDocs directly and view them in the browser and if not what happens if
you right click on the link and just try to save it to your machine ?

 

 

From: bbc-micro-bounces+andy=top-banana.com@...
[mailto:bbc-micro-bounces+andy=top-banana.com@...] On
Behalf Of Bob Devries
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 3:28 AM
To: bbc-micro@...
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] bbcdocs website problem

 

Out of interest/desperation?, I tried to download the same file from
here: http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/doc/Welcome.pdf and I successfully
downloaded it. Go figure!

 

       ----- Original Message ----- 

       From: paul aslin <mailto:station240@...>  

       To: bbc-micro@... 

       Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:56 AM

       Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] bbcdocs website problem

        

       
       
       I recommend "PDF-XChange Viewer", free from
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/downloads
       
       Unlike the Adobe PDF viewer this one doesn't lockup, crash and
get owned by viruses. Use the save button in the program to save a copy
of the file to your hard drive.
       
       ----------------------------------------
       > From: devries.bob@...
       > To: bbc-micro@...; afra@...
       > Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:46:07 +1000
       > Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] bbcdocs website problem
       >
       > Hi Phill,
       > I followed your directions, and found the Welcome.pdf file,
but I still
       > can't download it :(
       >
       > I know WinXP and IE6 are not the greatest, but I absolutely
loathe Windows
       > 7, and since I'm running on fairly old hardware, I at least
have a stable
       > arrangement.
       >
       > Regards, Bob Devries
       >
       > ----- Original Message -----
       > From: Phill Harvey-Smith
       > To: bbc-micro@...
       > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:14 AM
       > Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] bbcdocs website problem
       >
       >
       > Bob Devries wrote:
       >> Hi all,
       >
       > Hi Bob,
       >
       >> I seem to be having a problem grabbing files from the BBC
DOCS
       >> (www.bbcdocs.com) website. I click on a link and it starts to
load the
       > (PDF)
       >> file, but then stops, and finally errors out.
       >>
       >> As an example, the BBC Welcome booklet file gets to 11kB, and
finally
       > errors
       >> out. I'm using IE6 and Acrobat reader 9 on WinXP Pro SP2.
       >
       > You do of course realise that IE6 and XP SP2 are ancient and
very
       > vulnarable ?
       >
       >> Oddly enough, the thumbnail link shows as:
       >> File:////D:/Beeb/bbcdocs.com/filebase/essentials/Welcome.pdf
<file:///D:\Beeb\bbcdocs.com\filebase\essentials\Welcome.pdf> 
       >> It does, however, show the thumbnail correctly.
       >>
       >> The file's link is:
       > http://www.bbcdocs.com/filebase/essentials/Welcome.pdf
       >
       > Humm 404 error here with Firefox 3.5.11, and XP SP3, so looks
like that
       > file is linked wrongly / missing....
       >
       > However I was able to download the BBC user guide and Advanced
user
       > guide without problems.
       >
       > Humm there's deffo something odd going on, I took the liink to
the
       > advanced user guide and pasted it into firefox, and removed
the filename
       > :-
       >
       > http://www.bbcdocs.com/filebase/essentials/
       >
       > I then clicked onto the atom directory and then on parent
directory
       > (from the atom one), and came back up somewhere else with many
more
       > files.....guess someone's got their links in a twist :(
       >
       > The Welcome.pdf is there and I was able to successfully
download it.
       >
       > Cheers.
       >
       > Phill.
       >
       > --
       > Phill Harvey-Smith, Programmer, Hardware hacker, and general
eccentric !
       >
       > "You can twist perceptions, but reality won't budge" -- Rush.
       >
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