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From: dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: downloading hqx files with multiple parts -- HELP
Message-ID: <376@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 91 12:49:11 GMT
References: <13965@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <401@aplcomm.JHUAPL.EDU> <1991Apr16.181753.16055@uncecs.edu>
Reply-To: dbarnhar@oiscola.UUCP (David C. Barnhart II)
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In article <1991Apr16.181753.16055@uncecs.edu> dlugose@uncecs.edu (Dan Dlugose) writes:
>In article <401@aplcomm.JHUAPL.EDU> jdk@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Jim Kinnison) writes:
>>As regards to segmented .hqx files, try BinHqx 1.02.  THis nifty little DA
>>includes a menu selection called "join and decode".  Selecting it brings
>>up a dialog which askes for of the segmented files in order.  No strippping
>>or manual editing is needed.  Try sumex-aim.stanford.edu for a copy.
>>
>    Agreed.  United fairly often fails to create a valid .sit file
>for me, but BinHqx 1.02 works every time.

That may well be true, but United 2.2 doesn't crash on my IIcx with 6.0.4.
Although BinHqx 1.02 seems to create a good .sit file, it ALWAYS crashes on
exit.  Perhaps it requires 6.0.5 or better.  In any case, there are people
for whom United does a better job.

Dave Barnhart
NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division
3245 Platt Springs Rd.      internet: dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM
West Columbia, SC  29169    email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar











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Dave Barnhart
NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division
3245 Platt Springs Rd.      internet: dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM
West Columbia, SC  29169    email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar