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From: K.Kirin@HAMLET.STANFORD.EDU (Lance Nakata)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Need to ftp Mac Kermit
Message-ID: <12367234863.108.K.KIRIN@HAMLET.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 17 Jan 88 06:10:06 GMT
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Regarding the Macintosh Kermit at Columbia:  XKM936.HQX and XKM936.MCW
are both BinHex 4.0 files.  However, the .MCW file has a mail header
at the beginning.  You should remove this before attempting to
unbinhex the file; the .HQX file does not have this problem.  I just
downloaded and successfully unbinhexed these files on 1/11/88; I don't
think they've changed since then.

In summary, it is a good idea to remove everything before the "(This
file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)" line and everything after the
last colon ":" in the file.  A binhex 4.0 file has exactly two colons
in it: one at the beginning and one at the end of the file.  That's
why the mail header causes problems.

Lance Nakata
nakata@jessica.stanford.edu

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