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From: afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: How do I decode .pit files?
Summary: binhex, but not Stuffit Deluxe
Message-ID: <13560@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 22 Apr 91 09:58:32 GMT
References: <13524@ur-cc.UUCP> <549@sherpa.UUCP> <1991Apr22.062157.26426@cs.cornell.edu>
Organization: University of Rochester, Rochester NY
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In article <1991Apr22.062157.26426@cs.cornell.edu> you write:
>
>> 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.
>
>Will downline decode BinHex 4 and 5 and Stuffit deluxe archives too, or is that
>too much to ask for?
>
>Randall Swanson
>121 Baker Tower
>Cornell University
>Ithaca, NY 14853-5102


BinHex 4 and 5 -- yes.  Stuffit Deluxe -- no.  Unfortunately SD's methods
are not published by Alladin, and the authors of Downline have no way of
knowing how to unstuff them.  In fact, in their help file, they give an
empassioned plea to those-who-care to put pressure on the SD, Compact Pro,
and DiskDoubler authors to go public with their compression methods.  I
mostly use Compact Pro, so I hope that it will go public so that Downline
can include it.  Nevertheless, I find Downline very useful since most net
stuff in in Stuffit 1.5.1.

Cheers,

Alan


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