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kw413s462@sycom.mi.org (Kevin Wittmer) writes:
> Sometime ago I downloaded Macintosh files from American
> on-line with IBM clone+modem. From that point,  I tried 
> moving the files across platform.  If I understand it 
> correctly,  ALL of these files should be in Mac-Binary format.  

I am assuming that you've handled the "download a file to the PC in binary
mode" bit correctly, in which case yes.
 
> Next,  I attempted to transport these files from IBM 386 clone
> to a Mac Classic.  First using PC-Exchange to read the IBM
> formatted diskette and copy the files over to the Mac file 
> system.  Then running either MacTools or Norton Utilities 
> for the Mac I would proceed to change the file type and 
> application creator for each file to the correct setting for a 
> compressed SIT file.  I then ran Stuff-It Classic 
> and BinHex against it.   Both attempts FAILED!
> Error given:  data was corrupt or EOF error.  

Doesn't surprise me.  A MacBinary file has file information tagged on to the
front; you have to remove that stuff, you can't just add the type & creator
and hope.

Get StuffIt Lite.  StuffIt Lite should read the MacBinary files you have and
spit out proper .sit files which you can then unpack.  Oh, remember to set
File Exchange to "Default conversion" so it does a proper binary copy.


mathew