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From: schneide@arisia.Xerox.COM (Kris A. Schneider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Neophyte Mac-ster needs file format help!
Keywords: hqx?
Message-ID: <14050@arisia.Xerox.COM>
Date: 9 Nov 90 21:04:19 GMT
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Organization: Xerox PARC
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Ok, I'm confused.  So far, I've come accross bin, hqx, and sit files.  I've also come accross more encoders/decoders for each of these formats than I care to mention.  I'm using a new Mac IIsi 2/40 with 6.0.7, and here's where I need help:


I've got a Sun4 at work and have managed to find some Unix-based tools (xbin-to-binary, unsit-15, etc.) that manipulate the above-mentioned files.  I also have access to a SPARCstation that can write a 3.5 floppy.  (I believe the floppy will be DOS-formatted, but the new "SuperDrives" can read these, right?)  Now, what I need to know is which Unix tools need to be used on hqx and/or sit.hqx files so that I can write the files to a floppy in a format that my Mac can use without any further decoding?

-Kris
schneide@arisia.xerox.com