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From: Artur Yelchishchev
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 12:42

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On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 16:04:15 +0930,
quanEXCESSBAGGAGEtic@bigfoot.com (Geoffrey) wrote:

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>You are obviously aware of the problems Mac files can have if they pass
>through a PC system, but do be aware that you're not limited to just
>.hqx files, you can also safely use the PC to download .sit (Stuffit
>archives) files as well without damage. Just avoid .sea's, .img and .bin
>files and you'll be fine.

Hi Geoffrey,

I'd like to add, that *.bin files are "PC-compatible" aswell -
I've D/L'ed them many times onto PC without any problems. They're
raw data files, and there's no two-forked structure - most
PCtoMac programs can handle such a files w/o troubles.

Regards,
Artur

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