tim@callan.UUCP (Tim Smith) (08/20/85)
Has anybody had problems with the posting of Switcher 4.3 in net.sources.mac?
I can convert it with xbin, but someone has told me that xbin won't work
for them. Has anybody succesfully used xbin on it? Is there a problem
with earlier xbins? I am using the latest version.
Also, I have noted that files that xbin has no trouble with will not work
for me with BinHex 5.0 on my Mac. They get a checksum error. But xbin and
macput work fine. Anybody know what gives?
ps: there have been some bugs reported on MAUG(tm) with using EDIT with
switcher 4.3 if always convert clipboard is in effect. Hertzfeld says
4.4 will be done soon ( so much for 4.3 being the final version! ).
--
Tim Smith
ihnp4!{cithep,wlbr!callan}!timbill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) (08/24/85)
> Has anybody had problems with the posting of Switcher 4.3 in net.sources.mac? > I can convert it with xbin, but someone has told me that xbin won't work > for them. Has anybody succesfully used xbin on it? Is there a problem > with earlier xbins? I am using the latest version. I used an earlier version of xbin and got a working version of Switcher 4.3; I am hesitant to throw away my 4.0 version, however, because of the checksum problem with BinHex 4.0 and 5.0 (which I also encountered). It appears that the poster of Switcher 4.3 used unxbin to convert it, and that unxbin does NOT calculate the checksum correctly, or otherwise produces a result that is incompatible with BinHex. Until this problem is corrected, I strongly suggest that unxbin NOT be used for software postings, since many rely on BinHex exclusively (those not running UNIX on VAX's in particular). -- "Men never do evil so cheerfully and so completely as when they do so from religious conviction." -- Blaise Pascal Bill Jefferys 8-% Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712 (USnail) {allegra,ihnp4}!{ut-sally,noao}!utastro!bill (uucp) bill%utastro.UTEXAS@ut-sally.ARPA (ARPANET)
mark@aoa.UUCP (Mark Reynolds) (08/24/85)
> Has anybody had problems with the posting of Switcher 4.3 in net.sources.mac? > I can convert it with xbin, but someone has told me that xbin won't work > for them. Has anybody succesfully used xbin on it? Is there a problem > with earlier xbins? I am using the latest version. I attempted to get Switcher 4.3 using a macput -u, after editing out the mail header/trailer. No go. An xbin, followed by a simple macput worked fine. The original transfer worked, by always gave "checksum" error with BinHex 4.0 or 5.0.
beth@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Beth Christy) (08/24/85)
From: tim@callan.UUCP (Tim Smith), Message-ID: <1075@callan.UUCP>: >Has anybody had problems with the posting of Switcher 4.3 in net.sources.mac? >I can convert it with xbin, but someone has told me that xbin won't work >for them. Has anybody succesfully used xbin on it? I used xbin/macput on 4.3, and am running it even as I type. But a coworker of mine said he had problems xbin'ing it. Must be a function of the wind. -- --JB (Beth Christy, U. of Chicago, ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!beth) "Oh yeah, P.S., I...I feel...feel like...I am in a burning building And I gotta go." (Laurie Anderson)
vishniac@wanginst.UUCP (Ephraim Vishniac) (08/26/85)
> > Also, I have noted that files that xbin has no trouble with will not work > for me with BinHex 5.0 on my Mac. They get a checksum error. But xbin and > macput work fine. Anybody know what gives? > xbin always searches for a line that starts "(This file must be converted..." before starting its conversion. BinHex doesn't. My experience is that for binhex to work correctly, you should remove anything above the "must be converted" line. Because binhex 4.0 stuff is delimited by colons, netnews headers give binhex severe indigestion. -- Ephraim Vishniac [apollo, bbncca, cadmus, decvax, harvard, linus, masscomp]!wanginst!vishniac vishniac%Wang-Inst@Csnet-Relay