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Article #30443Re: BinHex 4.0 vs 5.0 question
From: Daniel Carr
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1988 23:03
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1988 23:03
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In article <2142@alliant.Alliant.COM> doherty@Alliant.COM (Dave Doherty) writes:
>I have a BinHex question. I have several files that have:
>(This file must be converted with BinHex 4.0)
>
>My question is... Can I use BinHex 5.0? I thought I could and have done it
>before but now I'm have problems.
yes, you should be able to use Binhex 5.0 to "un-binhex" a .hqx file.
You can't use binhex 5.0 to make a .hqx file because it is for converting
Macbinary files.
>When I'm kermit-ing from my Unix system to my Mac do I use binary mode or
>text - or does it matter
>
>Any help whoul help :-) THANKS IN ADVANCE.
if you're using kermit, you should use text mode if you are transferring a
text file, and binary if you're transferring a binary file. if you're
transferring a .hqx file, you can use text mode. an easy test is to try to
edit the file with vi.
let me know if you have any problems. i managed to learn a lot about Binhex
and MacBinary format when I wrote an article about them for our Computing
Center Newsletter.
daniel carr
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!gatech!ncsuvx!dcc From: dcc@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Daniel Carr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: BinHex 4.0 vs 5.0 question Keywords: BinHex question Message-ID: <2018@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 22 Jul 88 23:03:50 GMT References: <2142@alliant.Alliant.COM> Reply-To: dcc@ncsuvx.UUCP (Daniel Carr) Organization: NCSU Computing Center, Raleigh, NC Lines: 33