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From: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Question about BinHex 4.0
Message-ID: <30452@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 7 Mar 90 14:33:23 GMT
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Reply-To: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long)
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In article <13766.25EDFFE1@stjhmc.fidonet.org> Leo Bores writes:
>In an article of <1 Mar 90 01:41:13 GMT> 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.

While BinHex 5.0 will convert the ascii text in comp.binaries.mac, it will
NOT go the other way and convert a Macintosh file into ascii text.  Another
important difference is that BinHex 5.0 is shareware, while BinHex 4.0 is
freeware.

The only feature that BinHex 5.0 has that you will probably never need is
splitting a MacBinary file received from another system into its resource and
data forks.  These days, most modem programs understand MacBinary, and split
the file automatically when they receive it.

Thus BinHex 5.0 is of very little use, and BinHex 4.0 is actually what you
want.  StuffIt, another useful piece of software if you hope to make use of
comp.binaries.mac stuff, has had a BinHex 4.0 conversion utility in it for
the last few versions, so you may be able to do without BinHex 4.0 at all.
-- 
	Roger L. Long
	bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com