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From: Marks@RADC-MULTICS.ARPA
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Subject: Re: --- Posting binaries ---
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Date: Tue, 19-Nov-85 17:18:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 19 17:18:00 1985
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     (I must be an old tim'r...)  Back in '84 someone had proposed and
implemented a means with which to send and receive non-ASCII files
through the net.  The system consisted of two programs BINHEX and HEXBIN
(remember now??).  They are Atari BASIC programs that translate an Atari
file to ASCII form hexadecimal ("printable hexadecimal") and back to an
Atari file.  The procedure worked as follows:
 sender:
        Runs BINHEX program on Atari, converting the Binary file to
        printable ASCII format.
        Transfers ASCII format file to net host via Kermit, XMODEM,
        or whatever.  .  .
        Sends ASCII file to info-atari via host mailer.
 receiver:
        Reads mail on net host.
        Sends mail to file on host.
        Edits out Mail header/trailer garbage to retain only
        ASCII hex and BINHEX checksum info.
        Transfers file from host to Atari computer.
        only the ASCII Hex program/file representation.
        Runs HEXBIN on that file to form original binary file.

     After the initial release of the BINHEX, HEXBIN programs, one or
two minor bug fixes were posted.  I will transfer my fixed versions (If
I can find them) or the original versions of the progs (which I have on
my Arpa host, luckily...)  to this mail-group shortly.
     Now that I think about it...Those progs might still be on the Atari
file repository, wherever that is now.  Was SIMTEL-20 at one time.?

/Dave Marks