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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
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Subject: Re: What unpacks .BSQ files?
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Date: 28 Oct 90 08:35:54 GMT
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.BSQ is a somewhat de facto suffix indicating shrinkit archives that have been
binscii'd. I've been using that convention on tybalt, AND YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN
THAT IF YOU'D GOTTEN AND READ THE README FILE!!!

BTW, the FiLeStArT lines tell binscii where the start of each block is, so that
it can ignore the garbage text in front. You can run binscii on any text file
you please and it will ignore everything until it finds a FiLeStArT line (if
there is one).

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu