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From: Leo.Bores@f14.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Leo Bores)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Question about BinHex 4.0
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Date: 2 Mar 90 05:05:20 GMT
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In an article of <1 Mar 90 01:41:13 GMT>, hemstree@handel.cs.colostate.edu 
(charles he hemstreet) writes:

 ch>I have seen lots of stuff in Comp.Binaries.Mac that look programs.
 ch>They all say that they need BinHex 4.0.   Can someone tell me what
 ch>BinHex 4.0 is and what does it do?  Where can i get a copy?

BinHex5 would be a better choice.  Mac files differ from DOS files in that they 
consist of two parts - a Data Fork and a Resource Fork. Unless these two are 
linked before transmission - parts of the file can be lost.  BinHex (and 
MacBinary) accomplish this by converting the file into a text file.  Software 
that has the MacBinary protocol will re-convert automatically otherwise the 
file has to be run through BinHex5 (4 was the earlier version).  If you have 
StuffIt, it has an option to convert BinHex4 (not 5) files.  Getting BinHex5 is 
difficult unless your software has MacBinary - because if you download BinHex5 
it will need to be run through itself in order to work.

The solution is to get a copy of BinHex5.bas which is a BASIC program which 
will make BinHex5 for you.  The only BBS that has THAT program (that I know of) 
is EyeNet 1-602-941-3747 (114/14). OR have someone mail you a copy of BinHex on 
a disk.


Leo Bores




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