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From: EWINGRA@CTRVX1.VANDERBILT.EDU ("IN%"INFO-APPLE@APPLE.COM" 19-DE")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: RE: Sys disk at apple.com
Message-ID: <9012270059.AA15840@apple.com>
Date: 27 Dec 90 01:01:00 GMT
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Regarding System 5.0.4 in Binhex 4.0 format on apple.com:

Obviously, whatever nice soul put the release on the Apple Vax did it
from a Mac and goofed since Apple II users don't use Binhex.  A polite
request to apple.com might get a change, otherwise, find a friend
with a Mac, use Apple File Exchange to get the file over, use Stuffit
or Binhex 4 to decode the file, and then reconvert it.  Since I'll
be downloading with a Mac, this isn't an issue for me, but for those
of you who aren't, the problem isn't insurmountable.  Binhex 4 is a
completely 7 bit ASCII format, used by our sister Info-Mac community
to transmit Mac files around the Internet without fracture.  Its
alot like Binscii.

--Rick Ewing
  Vanderbilt University