Subject: binhex 4.0

From: GABRIEL CHOI <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 18:15:14 -0800

I had attachment that I can not read, because it says " This file must 
be converted with BinHex 4.0". But I have not idea about the BinHex4.0. 
Please help. Thank you very much.

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From: Andrew Le <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:53:57 -0800 (PST)

BinHex 4.0 is a Macintosh standard for sending binary data (ie, Mac
programs) over different file systems by encoding the binary data
into text data, such that email for example can send a program
over to a PC or Unix or another Macintosh.

Andrew

> Please help. Thank you very much.

Andrew Le           (425) 271-9410 phone
Casabyte LLC        http://www.casabyte.com
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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 05 Dec 1997 17:45:17 +0100

>> "GC" == GABRIEL CHOI <[email-masked]> writes:

GC> I had attachment that I can not read, because it says " This file
GC> must be converted with BinHex 4.0". But I have not idea about the
GC> BinHex4.0.  

Difficult question, that one, and it's not in the faq... In fact, it
hasn't been discussed for quite some time. The answer is a simple one,
though: you need a dos tool called fdisk (as in File to Disk). Then
say "fdisk C:".

Robin

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