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From: ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac)
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Subject: Re: Where do I get files to uncompress .hqx .sit files ?
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Date: 15 May 91 14:47:06 GMT
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In article <1991May14.231135.17726@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> abs0@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) writes:
>   I believe you will need "MacCompress" for ".hqx" files and
>"StuffIt" for ".sit."  If you need to unpack ".pit" files,
>you will need "PackIt" also!

.hqx files are BinHex 4.0 files.  StuffIt 1.51 can decode these.

.sit files are StuffIt archives.  StuffIt 1.51 can decode these :-).

.pit files are PackIt archives.  StuffIt 1.51 can decode these, too.
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