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From: johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
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Subject: Re: Wanted:  Binhex 4.0
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Date: 14 Mar 91 19:08:10 GMT
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In article <2923@cod.NOSC.MIL>, deichman@cod.NOSC.MIL (Shane D. Deichman) writes...
>>> I have need of the program Binhex 4.0 in order to decode freeware
>>Get Stuffit from sumex; it will do the trick.
>But isn't Stuffit encoded in BinHex?  Hmmmm....
>He COULD try to get BinHex 4.0 from the net, but
>that's also in .hqx format....

I know this won't cut down the flow of "I need BinHex 4.0 postings"
but there are several sensible ways of getting around this silly
chicken and egg problem.  First, Binhex 4.0 *is* available in binary
format on sumex:  look for the one with the ".bin" extension, and
be sure to ftp and download in binary mode.

Moreover, there are several ftp sites that archive in binary format.
For example, rascal.ics.utexas.edu.  It saves download time and
net-bandwidth to use these sites, because the binaries are much
smaller than the corresponding .hqx files.

The monthly "frequently asked questions" posting in 
comp.sys.mac.announce has a good discussion of Mac
file transfer considerations.  Perhaps it would pay to
repost it on a regular basis in comp.sys.mac.misc --
ala the "starter kit" postings in comp.binaries.ibm.pc
(which are excellent, by the way).

-- Bill Johnston (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)
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