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- From: dauter@terminator.cc.umich.edu (M. David (first initials are in style) Dautermann)
- Subject: why use BinHex...Re: need help ftping a file
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.190111.2417@terminator.cc.umich.edu>
- Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Summary: why mac.archive uses BinHex on all it's files...
- Keywords: mac, archive, pd, binhex, shareware
- Sender: mike@mac.archive.umich.edu
- Organization: They don't pay me enough to have one
- References: <92205.170150ASI509@DJUKFA11.BIT <92211.150235ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> <1992Jul29.172706.557@newshost.unh.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:01:11 GMT
- Expires: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 04:00:00 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <1992Jul29.172706.557@newshost.unh.edu> dwf@kepler.unh.edu (Dennis W Fitanides) writes:
- >
- >Please reply to nezwek@lmig.com
-
- I'll send Dennis a copy of this....
-
- >I'm trying to ftp a file from mac.archive.umich.edu that has a "hqx"
- >extension. When I try to ftp a file with this extension in "Mac Binary"
- >mode I get the error: " file does not respect the Mac Binary format".
- >If I ftp it as straight binary, I receive it but unstuffit does not know
- >how to extract it. Can any one help me out with this? Please reply
- >to nezwek@lmig.com as my site does not have a newsfeed. yet!
-
- Mac.Archive keeps all of its files in BinHex format as it's easier
- to handle (i.e. you can segment, cut, copy, paste pieces of a
- BinHexed file into an e-mail message or another file, we have a
- mail server -- which will SOON be online and available for everyone...
- not YET tho! -- that will depend on the files being BinHexed for it
- to be able to e-mail files to users).
-
- To transfer the files, just use Text or Ascii format and then unbinhex
- the files using Compact Pro 1.33 or Stuffit Lite. If anyone needs
- copies of these files and doesn't have BinHex, mail me a disk and
- an SASE and I'll send it back to you full of these programs.
-
- My address is
-
- Mike Dautermann
- UM-CITI
- 519 W. Williams
- Ann Arbor, MI 48109
-
- hope that's cool...
-
- --
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- dauter@terminator.cc.umich.edu = myke@engin.umich.edu = myke@umich.edu
- mike@mac.archive.umich.edu = that's MISTER archive to you...
- Mike Dautermann - U-M Ann Arbor, Dearborn and, soon.. your world!
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