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- From: mjr@zoo.bt.co.uk (Mark J Ridley)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: .hqx files
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.085907.24496@zoo.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 08:59:07 GMT
- References: <Bz0qp1.81H@news.udel.edu>
- Sender: news@zoo.bt.co.uk
- Reply-To: mjr@zoo.bt.co.uk
- Organization: BT Laboratories
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- In article 81H@news.udel.edu, philly@brahms.udel.edu (Robert Hite) writes:
- >
- >Hi,
- >
- >Would some kind person out in networld please tell me what to do once I
- >download a .hqx file into my MAC harddrive? How do I execute such a file,
- >or do I need to encode it using something else? I am downloading this from
- >a UNIX based ftp site. Any assistance you can give will be vastly appreciated!
- >
- >
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- All you have to do, is get a copy of BinHex version 4 or 5. And away you go.
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- After BinHex has done it's stuff, it more than likely leaves you with a .sit file.
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- Use StuffIt! to convert this file to Mac executables etc.
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- Mark Ridley.
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