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From: rsfinn@Athena.MIT.EDU (Russell S. Finn)
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Subject: Re: PIT type?
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Date: 21 Dec 89 00:35:02 GMT
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In article <67260@tiger.oxy.edu>, sonenbli@oxy.edu (Andrew D.
Sonenblick) writes:
> I recently downloaded a RamDisk and was confronted with an UnBinHexed file
> of type 'PIT ' instead of 'SIT!' which I have come to expect.  What appli-
> cation is it that converts such a type and where can I get it?

The application is Harry Chesley's PackIt, the predecessor to StuffIt.  I don't
know if you can still find PackIt around, as StuffIt has supplanted it pretty
thoroughly; you don't have to, though, because StuffIt will unpack PackIt files
as well.  Check the first item in the right-hand menu.  (Note also that because
the PackIt file format is not as elaborate as StuffIt's, you won't get the same
interface you're used to, either; basically, you have to scan each file to get
to the next one, whether you're actually saving it to disk or not.  Just read
the buttons carefully, and be patient.)

-- Russ