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From: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Whither binhex?
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Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 01:59:03 EDT
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Keywords: binhex,binaries,MacBinary,help!

In article <922@dasys1.UUCP> ssegan@dasys1.UUCP (Sascha Segan) writes:
>everything was encoded in something called BinHex!

>How can I get it?

See your local user's group, a shareware mail order service, or a more
experienced friend with a mac.

>Why aren't those programs in MacBinary format, instead?

MacBinary requires 8 bit bytes. The usenet system only guarantees to send the
low seven bits of each byte.