Re: BinHex

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2 total messages Started by Thomas Newton Mon, 10 Dec 1984 06:53

#100

Author: Thomas Newton
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 1984 06:53

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I have just posted BinHex.Bas and BinHex.Hex to net.sources.  BinHex.Bas is
the BASIC version; use it to convert BinHex.Hex as follows:
        1. Use BinHex.Bas to convert BinHex.Hex to BinHex.Tmp
        2. Use BinHex.Tmp to convert BinHex.Hex to BinHex
            (this will make the special icon show up)
        3. Throw away BinHex.Bas, BinHex.Hex, and BinHex.Tmp
            (the assembly-language version is much faster than the
             BASIC version and will handle more types of Mac files)

BinHex files can be identified by the "*** DATA FORK" or "*** RESOURCE FORK"
towards their beginning; the ones that just look like straight ASCII garbage
(without any header) are "tohex" files which must be converted with "fromhex."
The "fromhex" format predates "binhex" format but is not nearly as useful.

Re: BinHex

#97

Author: Jeff Mattson
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 1984 04:29

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Is there a tohex version of BinHex out there?  I do have fromhex but not BASIC
and a lot of the stuff I'm seeing seems to be in BinHex.  If you have it, 
could you please post it?  Thanx.

P.S. How about a BinHex version of fromhex for people with the opposite
problem.

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