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From: jamespa@redwood.UUCP (James Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: BinHex 4.0 or 5.0?
Message-ID: <790@redwood.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Nov-87 00:36:42 EST
Article-I.D.: redwood.790
Posted: Thu Nov 19 00:36:42 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Nov-87 19:04:55 EST
Reply-To: jamespa@redwood.UUCP (James Paul)
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Organization: C.Sci Dept., CSU Fresno, Calif.
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Keywords: binhex
Summary: What's the difference?

I've seen several messages asking about BinHex 4.0 and asking where to
get it. I must be missing the replies, and I have no idea where to get
BinHex 4.0. Is this an application on the Mac, or a UNIX implementation?
I have BinHex 5.0, which has been out since 1985. I don't recall ever
seeing a version 4.0. Version 5.0 has been working just fine for converting
the files on the Net to binary on the Mac, but it's output looks quite
different when converting a file to hex. I assume we shouldn't be using
version 5.0 on the Net? Exactly _what_ should we be using, and where can
we get it? What are the differences between version 4.0 and 5.0? Does
anyone know of a UNIX implementation?

With the large number of questions asked about these (and related) topics,
is there a newsgroup or other area where we can stick some files to
answer all these questions? Or am I _way_ out in left field here?

-James L. Paul