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Article #9354Re: Request for Help in Transferring Binary files from Mac to VAX
From: Louis M. McDonald
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1989 23:55
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1989 23:55
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In article <29724@genrad.UUCP>, dmm@genrad.com (Dottie MacKeen) writes: > We are attempting to transfer copies of MacIntosh documents (write and draw) > to other MacIntoshes using the VAX as the transmission vehicle with KERMIT > as the tool used. > What I use to do is BINHEX the file from STUFFIT, and then transfer the BINHEX (ascii formatted data) file to the VAX. The user on another Mac can then get the file and unBINHEX it. Since the BINHEX file is in ascii format, KERMIT will work, as will other transfer programs. I also believe there is something called macget and macput that should work on the binary format directly. But I do not know enough about that. -- Louis McDonald The Aerospace Corporation louis@aerospace.aero.org
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!wuarchive!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!aero!louis From: louis@aerospace.aero.org (Louis M. McDonald) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Request for Help in Transferring Binary files from Mac to VAX Summary: binhex Message-ID: <63072@aerospace.AERO.ORG> Date: 8 Dec 89 23:55:12 GMT References: <29724@genrad.UUCP> Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA Lines: 19