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From: larson@unix.SRI.COM (Alan Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Where can I get BinHex 4.0?
Message-ID: <10349@unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 23 Mar 90 00:39:34 GMT
References: <1990Mar11.193309.7511@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> <25fb4919.35d5@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Reply-To: larson@unix.sri.com (Alan Larson)
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
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In article <25fb4919.35d5@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> rcfische@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Raymond C. Fischer) writes:
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-In article <1990Mar11.193309.7511@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> anthonjw@clutx.clarkson.edu (Jason W. Anthony) writes:
--I know this has been asked a million times, but could someone
--tell me how I can get a copy of BinHex 4.0?
-
-You're right, it has.  But everyone needs to know so ...
-
-You don't really want BinHex 4.0.  What you really want is a program
-called StuffIt (latest version is 1.5.1).  StuffIt does compression,
-decompression, unpacks .pit files, and converts the BinHex'ed stuff
-for you.  Since most non-commercial software has been compressed using
-StuffIt, it is an invaluable utility.


One detail that still may matter is that if the file was not compressed
with stuffit, simply decoding the binhex with stuffit doesn't seem to
set the icon (and possibly other characteristics) correctly for the file.

As a result, it is still a good idea to keep a copy of binhex4 around.


-StuffIt is available from most BBS's, several ftp sites on the network,
-and commercial services such as CompuServe and Genie.  Another source
-is your local user's group.

Binhex should be availiable from most of these same groups.

	Alan