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From: rvd@bunker.UUCP (Robert Del Favero Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Where can I get BinHex 4.0?
Message-ID: <10599@bunker.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 90 14:44:33 GMT
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Reply-To: rvd@clunker.UUCP (Robert Del Favero Jr.)
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In article <25fb4919.35d5@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> rcfische@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Raymond C. Fischer) writes:

>You don't really want BinHex 4.0.  What you really want is a program
>called StuffIt (latest version is 1.5.1).  

StuffIt is very useful and has lots of features, but it has one problem
as far as I'm concerned, and that's that it's shareware.
I never seem to get around to paying for shareware, and I sometimes
feel guilty for not paying, so I use freeware if I can.  If (for
whatever reason) you're not going to pay the shareware fee, then the
combination of BinHex 4.0 and UnStuffIt allows you to unpack BinHexed
and StuffIt-ed files without incurring any shareware obligations.  You
only need StuffIt if you want to create .sit archives. (StuffIt is
certainly quicker and easier than Binhex/UnstuffIt, but if you're 
not going to pay for it, you really shouldn't use it.)

You should be able to find UnStuffIt in the same places that Mr.
Fischer suggests you find StuffIt.  If anyone needs BinHex or UnStuffIt
and can't get them from an online service or user group, they can
contact me and I'll try to arrange something with them.