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Article #10944Re: BinHex file format?
From: Paul E. Jacoby
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 14:06
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 14:06
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In article <1991Jun19.003241.10372@newsserver.sfu.ca> white@newsserver.sfu.ca (Steve White) writes: >A friend of mine wants info on the BinHex file format, in particular, >where the resource and data forks start. His purpose is to port a Mac >GIFF file (which should be text-only but to which some Mac programs >pervertedly attach a resource) to his Atari machine. >Is this information available anywhere? Don't bother learning Binhex--just strip the first 128 bytes from the GIF file, or zero (0) them out with a sector editor. What you most likely have is a MacBinary header that has been appended to the file by your communication software. A very common problem. -- | Paul E. Jacoby, 3M Company, 3M Center, 235-3F-27 | | Maplewood, MN 55144-1000 .-----------------------------------| | => pejacoby@3m.com | I'm afraid this is getting | | (612) 737-3211 | too silly! |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!stanford.edu!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!mmm.serc.3m.com!pejacoby From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: BinHex file format? Message-ID: <1991Jun19.140602.12873@mmm.serc.3m.com> Date: 19 Jun 91 14:06:02 GMT References: <1991Jun19.003241.10372@newsserver.sfu.ca> Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) Distribution: na Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 US Lines: 16