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- From: Minh Lang <minh@inst-sun1.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Subject: Re: ftp'd files won't binhex or anything!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.154619.24593@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 15:46:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.113305.6945@cerritos.edu> , jacobs@cerritos.edu
- writes:
- > I have the same problem with my system. Apparently any file other than
- >those in .hqx format are actually a Mac file, even while being
- downloaded. This
- >even applies to files in MacBinary that all the people with ethernet
- cards in
- >their Macs love. As far as I know, those of us who have to download
- through a
- >pc have know other option but to look for files in .hqx, anything else
- doesn't
- >survive the transfer through an ibm.
- >
- >If any of you wizards out ther have a solution, please let us know,
- >
- >Karl
-
- Actually you can download any mac files to your IBMPC and then
- transfer them to the Mac with a null modem cable thru the
- serial ports of the PC and Mac by using a communication
- program such as Zterm (or something like Maclink). I am
- doing that all the time with compactor, stuffit, bin files
- without any problem.
-
- == Minh ==
-