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

> 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.

Stuffit Expander opens and decodes .HQX files.

Yes, zipping the file and using Stuffit will bypass PC Exchange. I prefer
MacZip but this is a moot point and unnecessary in your case.

You can also open the PC Exchange Control Panel and 'train' it to
recognise .HQX as Stuffit Expander TEXT files so that double-clicking any
file with a .hqx extension will open it directly with Stuffit Expander
bypassing any dialog asking you to find an application to open it with.

As it is, PC Exchange giving the .hqx files a PC TEXT File type and
creator should not be a problem as it is being correct - .hqx is ASCII
TEXT. You can drag these files onto Stuffit's application icon to get it
to open and decode the .HQX format.

The only problem you might encounter is downloading .hqx files to your PC,
with Mac files you need to DL these to a PC as RAW data, else your DL
client may interpret the DL as some kind of unknown PC text file and
insert DOS carriage returns into the file rendering it useless when you
get it over to the Mac.

You might also find the application 'HFVExplorer' useful on the PC, it's
freeware, it can format, read/write Mac floppies and other media on your
PC making file transfers to a Mac from a PC a pretty painless operation. I
find it an invaluable tool. 

<http://netti.nic.fi/~lpesonen/HFVExplorer/>

Also regarding your "desperate attempt to avoid buying a modem" if you
already have a modem you only need to purchase a Mac modem to PC modem
extension and you'd be able to use your existing modem on occasions that
warrant having a modem on your Mac. It's just a cable that fits into the
Mac's modem port and couples up to the cable from your existing modem
which would normally go to the serial port of your PC, costs 5 - 6 dollars
(10 to 15 here in Australia from Dick Smiths/Tandy etc).

Mike