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From: david@sherpa.UUCP (Dave Quarles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: How do I decode .pit files?
Message-ID: <549@sherpa.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 91 11:34:02 GMT
References: <13524@ur-cc.UUCP>
Organization: Personal System Computing,  St. Petersburg, FL
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From article <13524@ur-cc.UUCP>, by afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry):

> An even nicer way (for me, at least) of unPacking the occasional .pit file
> is to use the new freeware program Downline (info-mac/comm/downline.hqx).
> Downline is a very nice utility that decompresses all of the Stuffit and
> PackIt files that you drop into a designated folder.  It works wonderfully
> in the background, and it is quite a bit faster and more convenient than
> opening Stuffit, opening the archive, double clicking, selecting a location
> to unstuff to, etc.

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Absolutely !!!

If you don't use downline (or something equivalent) you should.  I have
been using it for a while now and it is MOST convenient.

This is just another example of the tremendous service UseNET provides.

Thank you.
		Thank you.
				Thank you.

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