Re: Mac files downloaded to PC

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From: glocock
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 00:00

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In article <01bda420$86a4d4e0$7cfb0ccb@jvk>,
  "Greg Pennefather" <greg.pennefather@usa.net> wrote:
>
> It's as simple as that.  The only thing to look out for is - make sure that
> the file you downloaded is either Binhexed (.hqx) (more common) or
> uuencoded (.uue) or some other kind of encoding.  Otherwise the resource
> fork will be missing.

> Justin <justchoi@spamcuhk.edu.hk> wrote in article
> <6n9lj9$kqs@hpg30a.csc.cuhk.edu.hk>...
> > I have been asked by someone on how to transfer a Mac file to a Mac after
> > downloaded to a PC. Does anyone of you know how to do so? Just save and
> copy it
> > to a floppY?!

I have been trying to do this for a couple of weeks now. PC Exchange comes up
with an error box that says cannot find application, even when faced with a
.bin or .hqx file. I am sore puzzled by this.

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