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In article <6805@cup.portal.com> David_Alan_Newman@cup.portal.com writes:
>Pete Ashdown seems to have hit the cause of the problem on the nose. The
>Amiga comm program will not recongize a MacBinary header, so saves the
>MacBinary file image to disk as is. The file remains a MacBinary image
>once it reaches his Mac. The link from DOS to Mac obviously does not
>recongize MacBinary formatted files either.
>
>So, what Pete needs is a utility called BinHex 4.0, but not 5.0. What
>BinHex 4.0 does is convert Mac files from MacBinary format to their
>original format, and vice versa.
>
>Dave Newman

Arrgh! I'm sorry Dave, but I'm afraid you can't do that! :-)

This is the umpteenth time I have seen a message telling the world that
BinHex 5.0 DOES NOT convert MacBinary format files back to their original
state, as a normal Mac application/document.

You're assertion is wrong. BinHex 5.0 is the utility you need to do the
conversion.

NOT BINHEX 4.0! You use 4.0 to convert the stuff that regularly appears
in comp.binaries.mac and a few other places.

If you're reading this Pete, remember to use BinHex 5.0. That is, if your
terminal program doesn't support MacBinary. If it doesn't, it's not worth
using. Red Ryder, MacTerminal, MicroPhone, Versaterm are just a few that
will recognize the MacBinary format files that you wish to download from
the Amiga.


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