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- From: eyee@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Sigma Ed)
- Subject: Re: .hqx files
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1gjvofINNsm0@menudo.uh.edu> <N39TVB1w165w@student.business.uwo.ca>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:57:42 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- In article <N39TVB1w165w@student.business.uwo.ca>, j3cheng@student.business.uwo.ca (Jonathan Cheng) writes:
- > cosc184z@menudo.uh.edu (David Alten) 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 apprecia
- > >
- > > >All you have to do, is get a copy of BinHex version 4 or 5. And away you go.
- > > >
- > > >After BinHex has done it's stuff, it more than likely leaves you with a .sit
- > > >
- > > >Use StuffIt! to convert this file to Mac executables etc.
- > > >
- > >
- > > OK, you get partial credit. You need a program that will decode BinHex 4
- > > (not 5). Compact Pro, StuffIt, and several other programs can do this. I
- > > recommend using StuffIt Expander 3.0, freeware, that will decode BinHex 4.0
- > > files and extract files stuffed with either AppleLink, Compact Pro, or StuffI
- > >
- > > BinHex 5 is for the MacBinary format, usually denoted with a .bin extension.
- > > Such files should automatically be converted if you have a decent communicati
- > > program. ZTerm!!! ZTerm!! ZTerm!! :)
- >
- > I have a similar problem with hqx files. The problem with all
- > these solutions is: what if I've downloaded the stuffit program, but the
- > decoding program (stuffit) is itself encoded in hqx??? If I don't have a
- > decoder already, how do I decode this decoding program?
- > In other words, is there any shareware out there for decoding hqx
- > which is available in unencoded form? Or is there any encoded decoding
- > programs that are self decoding/expanding?
- >
- > Sorry for the confusing message, but that's my state of mind
- > right now.
- > Thanks for your help.
- >
- > Jon
- >
- > j3cheng@student.business.uwo.ca (Jonathan Cheng)
- > Western Business School -- London, Ontario
-
- At wuarchive.wustl.edu FTP server under mirrors/info-mac/util, there is a version
- of binhex that is not binhexed. Would someone out there try it?
-
-
- Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
-
-
- Ed.
-