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Subject: Re: Questions on Turbo Basic Compiler (uudecode...)
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Date: Tue, 27-Jan-87 16:51:28 EST
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re: "When you all talk about uudecode, do you mean the hexbin/binhex
programs
that were posted recently?"


for those of you who haven't been keeping up on your reading:


There are two alternative methods of transmitting binaries over the net
that have been under discussion over the past weeks:

BINHEX/HEXBIN are Atari Basic programs that convert binary files to text
files containing 2 hexadecimal characters per byte.  The file format is
unique to these two programs.  Author: Fleysher.wbst@Xerox.COM

UUDECODE is an Atari Basic program with machine language assist which
decodes a more efficient representation of binary files than the hex
files described above.  Unix machines use this more efficient file
format.  Author: jhs@mitre-bedford.ARPA

	Dan

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