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- MacBinary Conversion Notes:
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- When this software is distributed on non-Macintosh computers, it must be
- first converted into a format that allows Macintosh two fork files to be
- read and written as a single fork file. There is a standard for this type of
- conversion, MacBinary. The encoding conversion, which takes place on a Mac,
- combines the two file forks into one with header information prepended for
- later decoding. Files that have been encoded into MacBinary usually have the
- '.bin' file extension. After encoding, these files can be transported through
- DOS or Unix computers. When they arrive back on a Macintosh computer, they
- need to be decoded back into normal two fork Macintosh files. This decoding
- can be done by several commercial and shareware applications. The StuffIt
- Deluxe and StuffIt Lite versions 3.0.6 (or later) programs can decode
- MacBinary files. Use the Translate menu, not File Open, to perform this
- decoding. Two other shareware applications that do this decoding are
- available on Compuserve and Internet FTP archives:
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- * MacBinary
- * Compuserve: Utility to restore MacBinary files
- DTPFORUM forum, Mac DTP Utilities Library: MACBIN.SEA
- * Internet FTP: sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/cmp/mac-binary-101.sit
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- * MacBinary II+ 1.0.2
- * Compuserve: MacBinary II+ 1.0.2
- MACCOMM Forum, Comm Progs/Utils Library: MACBIN.SIT
- * Internet FTP: sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/cmp/mac-binary-ii-plus-101.sit
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- * StuffIt Lite
- * Compuserve: MACSYS Forum, Help Files Library: SITLIT.INS
- * Internet FTP: ftp.netcom.com:pub/leonardr/Aladdin/StuffIt_Lite_3.0.7.hqx
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