Re: PIT files

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From: Nick Jackiw
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 01:44

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jeremyr@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Jeremy Roussak) writes:
> 
> I've just downloaded a file which, when deBinHexed (wonderful word!) has
> produced a file named xx.pit (no, not .sit) with filetype and creator
> PIT_ (_=space).  What is this?  What can I do with it?  Help!
> 
> Jeremy Roussak

It's a PackIt file, a less popular file-compressor than StuffIt. If you
have StuffIt 1.5.1, you can use the unPack command in the Other menu to
access this.

Please keep non-programming questions out of comp.sys.mac.programmer.

-Nick



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Subject: Re: PIT files
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