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From: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: NuFX archives and BXY
Message-ID: <12669@fs2.NISC.SRI.COM>
Date: 1 Feb 90 06:12:53 GMT
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Reply-To: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson)
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In article <1089@madnix.UUCP> jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak) writes:
>nicholaA@batman.moravian.EDU (Andy Nicholas) writes:
>[....]
>>> [Nuked question about what .BXY stood for]
>>Well, Tom Weishaar suggested that we needed the .B<something>Y suffix to
>>identify exactly what the file was, and the norm was to change the middle
>>character of the suffix to indicate what format the file was in, ala
>>.B<sQueezed>Y, so we ended up with .B<nufX>Y
>
>	But of course... Now, for the big question: What's the suffix for
>a shrunk (.SHK, originally) set of files with a Binary ][ header (.BXY),
>that's been BinSCII'ed (.BSC)? .BSXYC? I give up...

Hmm... Don't know about the Binary ][ header, but I've been using .BSQ for
files that have been BinScii'ed (B), shrunk (S), or squeezed (Q). 
I dunno.  Could always adapt btc (bill the cat's) favorite expression...
"Ack!"

>>andy
>                      Jason Blochowiak - jason@madnix.UUCP

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