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Subject: Re: Looked for unstuffed StuffIt and BinHex
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In article <1991May10.162642.15193@morrow.stanford.edu>, BR.JWF@forsythe.stanford.edu (Jay Field) writes...

>I am looking for StuffIt and BinHex.  On the wuarchive ftp site
>there are both programs, but each ends with a .sit   Does that
>mean that they are in StuffIt encoded format?  Where does one get
>a non-stuffed StuffIt through ftp?

How to beat the catch-22: 

To begin at the beginning, get /info-mac/util/binhex4.bin
by anonymous ftp in BINARY mode.

Then, set the filetype to ASCII and 
get /info-mac/util/unstuffit-deluxe-20.hqx.

Use any terminal emulator that recognizes MacBinary files (most do)
to download BinHex 4.0 to your Mac.  Download unstuffit-deluxe-20.hqx
and unBinHex it with the "DownLoad --> Application" command.

That accomplished, the rest of the net archives are easy. 

Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)