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Re: PROBLEMS with BinHex. HELP!!!!!!!!!

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From: Ron Teplitz
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 14:48
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From article <1992Jul31.123647.34683@urz.unibas.ch>, by maurer2@urz.unibas.ch:
> 
> I retrieved Binhex50 from an ftp, but the it doesn't work right. When I want to
> translate a .hqx file into binary I get a "BinHex document" but not a program.
> I'm disappointed! What am I doing wrong? Am I trying to do something
> impossible?
> I'm a bloody beginner.
>  
>                     Patrik

It sounds like perhaps you might need to use Stuffit or something to 
decode your file after running BinHex.  This is the case if the filename
after binhex has the extension .sit.





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From: teplitz@optilink.UUCP (Ron Teplitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: PROBLEMS with BinHex. HELP!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 3 Aug 92 14:48:32 GMT
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