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From: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Stuffit *1.30*
Summary: BinHex 5.0 decodes BinHex 4.0 too!
Keywords: Stuffit, binhex, yipppeeeee!!!!!
Message-ID: <398@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 88 21:43:49 GMT
References: <131@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <1988Jan21.113707.711@mntgfx.mentor.com> <7253@apple.UUCP>
Reply-To: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak)
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Organization: Lake Systems, Milwaukee, WI
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> BinHex 5.0 is for MacBinary files, and it will not convert
> BinHex 4.0 files....

I don't think this is correct.  Although BinHex 5.0 is indeed for Macbinary
files, it is also backwardly compatible in _decoding_ files produced with BinHex
4.0.  Thus, if you have gotten a file from this system and you want to convert
it to an application, you can use either BinHex 4.0 or BinHex 5.0 to
accomplish this, even though the file header reads that BinHex 4.0 is to be
used.

I'm pretty darn sure that I am right in this, as I did it two days ago...

Jim

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