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From: kateley@apple.UUCP (Jim Kateley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Stuffit *1.30*
Message-ID: <7253@apple.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 88 03:32:00 GMT
References: <131@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> <1988Jan21.113707.711@mntgfx.mentor.com>
Reply-To: kateley@apple.UUCP (Jim Kateley)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
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Keywords: Stuffit, binhex, yipppeeeee!!!!!

In article <1988Jan21.113707.711@mntgfx.mentor.com> tomc@mntgfx.mentor.com (Tom Carstensen) writes:
>I'm curious as to the reason for implementing BinHex 4.0 version of
>encoding/decoding.  Anything I donwload from GEnie must be
>decoded using BinHex 5.0, Stuffit simply chokes on these.
               ^^^^^^^^^^
BinHex 5.0 is for MacBinary files, and it will not convert
BinHex 4.0 files.  If you are downloading files from Genie,
you should have your terminal emulator set for MacBinary,
and tell Genie you want to do a Xmodem download.  Then
you don't need to do anything to the files once you get them,
they will be converted properly.  You only need BinHex 4.0 for
files that are transmitted over ascii lines (like Usenet...)
>
>:------------------------------------------------------------:
>: Tom Carstensen              Usenet: tomc@mntgfx.MENTOR.COM :
>: Mentor Graphics             GEnie:  XPC23637               :


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