system@scgrp.uucp (SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR) (01/08/90)
Two potentially bizarre, semi-related questions. (the magnitude of the bizareness is all dependent upon how you see it). Is there a UUDECODE for the Macintosh? Is there a Binhex (it would just have to de-binhex) for the plethora of MSDOS compatibles? Something else which just kind of popped into my mind, which may or may not be feasible. Why not have a Macintosh UUDECODE/ENCODE? (somewhat like a macbinary xmodem if you get my drift, I think I do)
6600pete@hub.UUCP (Pete Gontier) (01/10/90)
From article <Zy3Nc1w160w@scgrp.uucp>, by system@scgrp.uucp (SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR): > Is there a UUDECODE for the Macintosh? Yup. I'll uuencode it and send it to you. :-) Actually, my submission to comp.binaries.mac is either lost or rejected or waiting for Part 74 of 843 of some dumb commercial demo Hypercard stack to get sent out. (Really, c.b.m, Boomerang is _free_! Why plug this new beast?) Perhaps someone should mail me the submission address in case my file of usenet moderators is wrong. > Something else which just kind of popped into my mind, which may or may > not be feasible. Why not have a Macintosh UUDECODE/ENCODE? (somewhat like > a macbinary xmodem if you get my drift, I think I do) That's kinda-sorta what BinHex is, m'boy. Probably somebody should extend my uu stuff to encode MacBinary as well, but I'm too busy. If I can submit the thing successfully, it will include source. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pete Gontier | InterNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu, BitNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa Editor, Macker | Online Macintosh Programming Journal; mail for subscription Hire this kid | Mac, DOS, C, Pascal, asm, excellent communication skills