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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: BinSCII and ShrinkIt GS
Keywords: BinSCII, ShrinkIt GS
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Date: 28 Apr 91 23:54:38 GMT
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In article <20892@brahms.udel.edu> lecates@brahms.udel.edu (Roy M Lecates) writes:
>I really enjoy downloading games and utilities from FTP sites, but running
>both BinSCII and ShrinkIt seems to be a waste.  Is anyone planning to add
>a "Decode BinSCII" option to the ShrinkIt GS menu bar?  It would be much,
>much more convenient than running the stand-alone BinSCII.  Anyone agree?

	No I don't agree. 

	If you're on a UNIX site, use SCIIBIN.. It un-BINSCIIs your files on
UNIX for you, reducing the download time by a whole lot.  And it supports
wildcards and all that jazz, so if you download a bunch of stuff at a time,
it's even easier than if there were an unBinscii option in ShrinkIt (Which
I doubt'll ever happen).  That is, "sciibin *bsq" will unbinscii all the
files, assuming they have ".bsq" on the end, which seems to be the standard.
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