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In article <0l7y7.1771$Yy5.123299@ozemail.com.au>,
 "Allan Cairns" <axcairns@hotmail.com> wrote:

:> Hi,
:> 
:> I am a long time PC user who recently picked up an old PowerMac 7200/90
:> running OS 7.6.1 out of curiosity. The Mac has no modem (old corporate
:> machine) but I would like to install some shareware/freeware from the net on
:> it. I have been trying to do this by downloading the files (with .hqx
:> extension) onto my internet connected PC, throw them on a PC-formatted
:> floppy and copy them to the Mac. However, at that point I run into PC
:> Exchange. When I have this disabled, the Mac will not read the disk. When I
:> have it enabled, it insists all the files on the disk (with .hqx extension)
:> are PC Text Files!
:> 
:> I have thought of several possible solutions/workarounds in a desperate
:> attempt to avoid buying a modem. I tried configuring PC Exchange to
:> recognise hqx but it insists I pick an application to open the file. I
:> thought .hqx was an application! I also thought maybe zipping the files up
:> and using Stuffit to expand may get around the problem. The other possible
:> was the existence of utilities to change the file type?
:> 
:> Your thoughts would be appreciated.
:> 
:> Thanks,
:> 
:> Allan Cairns
:> axcairns@hotmail.com

The hqx extension denotes BinHex encoding.  It's similar to uuencode, in 
that it encodes files rather than compressing them.  But if you've got 
StuffIt on the Mac, there's your answer.  PC Exchange isn't the 
brightest bulb around...it's designed to help you figure out which Mac 
app handles which PC files.  But BinHex files are Mac files (basically, 
anyway).  They just don't have their type and creator codes set properly 
so that a double-click would run the appropriate program.  So just 
locate your StuffIt Expander program, then drop the files with the hqx 
extension on its icon and watch the magic.

HTH.

= Steve =
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Steve W. Jackson,  Montgomery, Alabama
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