[comp.sys.mac] need VMS un-binhex program for Mac to VAXstation transfer

lwatkins@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Lee Watkins) (02/27/90)

I need a program to un-binhex a MacPaint file transferred to a VAXstation
running VMS 5.0-1.  It is a "snapshot" of the Mac desktop, transferred to
a mainframe VAX via Kermit and then over our local ethernet to the VAXstation
via FTP.  Image is then run through a filter program and into Interleaf
technical publishing software, but it is getting screwed up in the transmission process.  I was told that when transferring Mac binaries I should covert them tohex first (BINHEX it in Mac parlance), but I need to be able to convert it back once it gets to the VAXstation.

Tx if you can help out! 

Lee Watkins

dpaight@weber.ucsd.edu (Dan Paight) (03/01/90)

Speaking of un-binhexing, is there an un-binhexer available in unix?

jjw7384@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Jeff Wasilko) (03/03/90)

In article <2244@network.ucsd.edu> dpaight@weber.ucsd.edu (Dan Paight) writes:
>Speaking of un-binhexing, is there an un-binhexer available in unix?


There is a program called mcvert available from sumex-aim.stanford.edu
in the /info-mac/unix directory. It converts a binhex file to a
MacBinary file, which can then be downloaded using a binary protocol.

There are also two other programs taht will allow you to UnStuff
MacBinary files. Get UnSit and Macbin from the same directory.
(Note: The version of UnSit that at sumex currently produces macput/macget
format files [.rsrc, .data .info] which must be reassmebled into
MacBinary format with Macbin. There is a new version of UnSit which can
output MacBinary directly that will be available on sumex soon.)

Jeff

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