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Re: xbin for MacBinary

#6952
From: Jim Budler
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1986 05:40
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In article <243@unicus.UUCP> rae@unicus.UUCP (Clith de T'nir) writes:
>
>	The utility "xbin" converts binhexed files into binary files with
>the names *.rsrc, *.data and *.info.  One needs to use Macterminal 1.1
>file transfer format to download these files using "macput".  Does there
>exist some other utility (or perhaps a newer version of xbin) that allows
>one to translate binhex format files into MacBinary format files?  This would
>be a good thing, since MacBinary is independant of file transfer protocol
>and thus one could use a standard xmodem or kermit program that is already
>on the system, rather than having to keep macput around, which is highly
>Mac-specific.
>	Just asking...
>-- 
>				"My surname is Li and my personal name is Kao,
>				 and there is a slight flaw in my character."
>
>Clith de T'nir	{decvax,allegra,ihnp4,pyramid}!utzoo!utcs!yetti!unicus!rae

For those that missed it, apparently many, the utility Macbin converts
the output of xbin to a single MacBinary format file. I wrote it, but am
not terribly proud of it, it was a quick hack. I will send it to the moderator
of mod.mac.sources.

-- 
 Jim Budler
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
 (408) 749-5806
 Usenet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amdcad!jimb
 Compuserve:	72415,1200

Once and for all: I like my Macintosh
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Subject: Re: xbin for MacBinary
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