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From: dcc@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Daniel Carr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: BinHex 4.0 vs 5.0 question
Keywords: BinHex question
Message-ID: <2018@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 22 Jul 88 23:03:50 GMT
References: <2142@alliant.Alliant.COM>
Reply-To: dcc@ncsuvx.UUCP (Daniel Carr)
Organization: NCSU Computing Center, Raleigh, NC
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In article <2142@alliant.Alliant.COM> doherty@Alliant.COM (Dave Doherty) writes:
>I have a BinHex question. I have several files that have:
>(This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)
>
>My question is... Can I use BinHex 5.0? I thought I could and have done it
>before but now I'm have problems. 

yes, you should be able to use Binhex 5.0 to "un-binhex" a .hqx file.
You can't use binhex 5.0 to make a .hqx file because it is for converting
Macbinary files.

>When I'm kermit-ing from my Unix system to my Mac do I use binary mode or
>text - or does it matter
>
>Any help whoul help :-)    THANKS IN ADVANCE.

if you're using kermit, you should use text mode if you are transferring a
text file, and binary if you're transferring a binary file.  if you're
transferring a .hqx file, you can use text mode.  an easy test is to try to
edit the file with vi.

let me know if you have any problems.  i managed to learn a lot about Binhex
and MacBinary format when I wrote an article about them for our Computing
Center Newsletter.

daniel carr
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