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From: page%rishathra@Sun.COM (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: UUdecode - Can someone post binary?
Summary: No.
Keywords: uudecode, binary
Message-ID: <101354@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 26 Apr 89 19:29:04 GMT
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Reply-To: page@sun.UUCP (Bob Page)
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brunjes@isctsse.UUCP (Roy Brunjes) wrote:
>please post the executable [of uudecode] to comp.binaries.amiga PLEASE!

That would be a trick.  You can't post binaries to USENET, as USENET
has only a 7-bit data path.  So most of the high bits would be stripped,
and you would not have much of an executable.

So, to post a binary to USENET, you have to somehow convert it to an
ASCII (7-bit) file.  The most popular way ot to UUENCODE it.  Now If I
posted a uuencoded binary of uudecode, would that help you?  Of course
not.

I could post the executable encoded with btoa, another encoding
scheme.  But thet you'd need atob to decode it...

It's chicken and egg problem, so you should get a uudecode executable
from your user group, your dealer, a BBS or a commercial service like
people/link.

Somebody once told me there was a BASIC version of UUDECODE floating
around.  If you know of it, or know how to get it, please let me know
so I can distribute it.

..bob