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Article #44336Re: BinHex 4.0 vs. 5.0
From: barry
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 23:39
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 23:39
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In article <30103@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> david@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (David Dantowitz) writes: >All the files I see here say MUST use BinHex 4.0. I've seen 5.0 on some >Macs... is this really 5.0? Why isn't 5.0 used elsewhere? It is, but we can't use it - Binhex 5.0 is an 8-bit binary format, also known as MacBinary format. Many terminal programs translate files to and from this format automatically, and many BBS's store their files in this format. (Such files often have the .bin suffix.) But 8-bit files can't be sent through email on the net, so most net archives use Binhex 4.0 (.hqx) format, which is a 7-bit format which will go through mailers.Barry Eynon barry@playfair.stanford.edu -ARPA ...!decwrl!shasta!playfair!barry -USENET
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!sun-barr!decwrl!shelby!barry@playfair From: barry@playfair.STANFORD.EDU (barry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: BinHex 4.0 vs. 5.0 Keywords: BinHex Message-ID: <50@playfair.STANFORD.EDU> Date: 21 Dec 89 23:39:31 GMT References: <30103@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Sender: Barrett P. Eynon <barry@playfair.stanford.edu> Reply-To: barry@playfair.UUCP (Barrett P. Eynon) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 13