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In <1991Mar25.002730.11027@cs.umu.se> dvldbg@cs.umu.se (Daniel Brahneborg) writes:

>>  Well, if it is a HEX file, why don't you try to compress it by taking two
>>bytes and putting them into one byte (range 0-255)?
>>
>Get serious! He said it was a 32-byte HEX file, not a 80-byte ASCII file.
>Where were you during the lessons about bits and bytes?

click.


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click.  WOOOOOOOOMPH.
Flame on.

Gee, this group is off to a good start.

What make the term "hex file" mean "binary file" ?  A "hex file" isn't anything
`defined in the literature'.  I think the respondant was more likely to be right
in interpretting the stupid question in a way which is at least slightly worth
answering.  Personally, I just saw the question and brushed it off.  Whoever
posted the question did not understand what they were asking, so it's no use
responding via news.  e-mail them and explain that the question is a pile of
poop.  As it turned out, we have prompted quite some discussion, and I guess
we have established ground level information.

Anyway, I'm off to ask a real question...

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Flame off.


Warwick.

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