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From: louis@aerospace.aero.org (Louis M. McDonald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Request for Help in Transferring Binary files from Mac to VAX
Summary: binhex
Message-ID: <63072@aerospace.AERO.ORG>
Date: 8 Dec 89 23:55:12 GMT
References: <29724@genrad.UUCP>
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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In article <29724@genrad.UUCP>, dmm@genrad.com (Dottie MacKeen) writes:
> We are attempting to transfer copies of MacIntosh documents (write and draw)
> to other MacIntoshes using the VAX as the transmission vehicle with KERMIT
> as the tool used.
> 

What I use to do is BINHEX the file from STUFFIT, and then transfer the
BINHEX (ascii formatted data) file to the VAX. The user on another Mac
can then get the file and unBINHEX it. Since the BINHEX file is in
ascii format, KERMIT will work, as will other transfer programs.

I also believe there is something called macget and macput that should
work on the binary format directly. But I do not know enough about that.


-- 
Louis McDonald
The Aerospace Corporation
louis@aerospace.aero.org