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From: Leo.Bores@f14.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Leo Bores)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Question about BinHex 4.0
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Date: 10 Mar 90 14:34:21 GMT
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In an article of <7 Mar 90 06:22:44 GMT>, ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence 
D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:

 LD>BinHex 5.0 is a program for converting Macintosh files to and from
 LD>MacBinary format, to allow their storage on non-Macintosh file systems.
 LD>MacBinary is *not* a printable text-only format, so it is not suitable
 LD>for transmission through e-mail systems or USENET.
 LD>
 LD>BinHex 4.0, on the other hand, converts Mac files to a format that,
 LD>even if it looks somewhat random, is nevertheless printable, and should
 LD>make it through mailers OK, subject only to limitations on total
 LD>message length.
 LD>
 LD>BinHex 5.0 shouldn't have been called "BinHex"--MacBinary format 
 LD>doesn't
 LD>have anything to do with hex.

Aha! Very informative. Thank you. I have been mislead by various folks 
including MacUser. I hadn't considered that because such files get tossed 
around FidoNet with relative impunity. I was under the impression that BinHex5 
was an upgrade of BinHex4 to include the MacBinary format.

Leo Bores



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