Re: Conjecture: why several tech notes failed

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From: William C. DenBesten
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1987 13:47

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in article <15811@felix.UUCP>, bytebug@felix.UUCP (Roger L. Long) says:

> Well, BinHex 4 is the one who produced the Hqx files, so I would assume that
> it should be able to deHqx them.  Most likely, the problem is that one or
  more
> sites down the line decided to drop characters and corrupted the posting.

I have had troubles with binhex deHqxing technotes that I had encoded just
moments before.  I believe that binhex4 has a lurking bug that shows up in
decoding technotes.  I have since switched to using xbin.

-bill

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From: denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten)
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Subject: Re: Conjecture:  why several tech notes failed
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Date: 16 Dec 87 13:47:22 GMT
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Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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