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Article #23585

Re: Using Compuserve

#23585
From: Peter Espen
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1988 04:46
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In article <10915@duke.cs.duke.edu>, gleicher@duke.cs.duke.edu (Michael Gleicher) writes:
> Help !?!?!
> 
> My father lent me his Compuserve account so I could download some stuff
> for my Mac ][. 
> 
> I have been able to XMODEM accross a .sit file (I can't get Kermit to work),
> but it comes accross as a text document so StuffIT ignores it!
> 
> What is the right way of using/sending these files ??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike
> 
> Michael Lee Gleicher			(-: If it looks like I'm wandering
> 	Duke University			(-:    around like I'm lost . . .
> E-Mail: gleicher@cs.duke.edu)(or uucp	(-:
> Or P.O.B. 5899 D.S., Durham, NC 27706	(-:   It's because I am!

	The file (like most on Compuserve and other Mac BBSs) is probably
in "MacBinary" format. Alot of the Mac Communications programs do the
MacBinary decoding as the file is being downloaded. In your case, this
conversion was not done -- therfor you ended up with a TEXT file. Either
the MacBinary conversion was disabled on your Communications program, or
it does not have that feature.
	There is a program for the Mac called BINHEX that will convert a
downloaded MacBinary file. If you run this on your dowloaded file, you will
then get a StuffIT file that StuffIT will recognize.
	Peter Espen

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!well!espen
From: espen@well.UUCP (Peter Espen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Using Compuserve
Summary: Need to do MacBinary Conversion
Keywords: What to do with SIT files that are text
Message-ID: <4980@well.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 88 04:46:51 GMT
References: <10915@duke.cs.duke.edu>
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