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- From: lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Correct BINSCII suffix (.bsc v .bsq)
- Message-ID: <Bu66DL.2Hp@world.std.com>
- Date: 6 Sep 92 18:36:56 GMT
- References: <1992Sep06.010834.13870@jlc.mv.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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- In article <1992Sep06.010834.13870@jlc.mv.com> scot@jlc.mv.com (Scot Salmon) writes:
- |Which is the correct suffix for GSCii and BINSCII files? I've seen both
- |myFile.bsc and yourFile.bsq used in the past...bsc makes more sense (sounds
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- My understanding has always been that
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- .bsc denotes a file that has ONLY been run through binscii
- whereas
- .bsq denotes a file that has been run through Shrinkit, THEN binscii
- {the b implying binscii, the sq inplying SQueezed/SQuashed}
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