sharo@genesis.rutgers.edu (Rob Sharo) (03/26/89)
Could someone please tell me how to convert downloaded files. I'm using Red Ryder 9.2 and using a local bulletin board. I have no problem getting the file from the BBS to my floppy but I can't use any of the files. They appear as plain documents on my desktop. I've tried to download fonts and graphics. I did these files in XMODEM-CRC. There were other options, but I don't understand what the differences are. Programs I have which may or may not help include: Mac Tools 4.51 and Font/DA Mover 1.2. Also, I don't know how to get BinHex 4.0. I've seen the binaries on this board require this program, but I don't know where to get this. Finally, if I have this program, are there any other programs I need to complete the conversion? Thanks in advance for your help. -- ===================================================== |Snail Mail: | e-mail: | |Rob Sharo | sharo@remus.rutgers.edu| |108 Evans Ave. | | |Piscataway, NJ 08854 | | ===================================================== "Ack thpppt!" is what Bill would say if he saw our u.
marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson) (03/26/89)
In article <Mar.25.16.48.13.1989.1152@genesis.rutgers.edu> sharo@genesis.rutgers.edu (Rob Sharo) writes: } }Could someone please tell me how to convert downloaded files. }I'm using Red Ryder 9.2 and using a local bulletin board. }I have no problem getting the file from the BBS to my floppy }but I can't use any of the files. They appear as plain documents }on my desktop. I've tried to download fonts and graphics. }I did these files in XMODEM-CRC. There were other options, }but I don't understand what the differences are. }Programs I have which may or may not help include: }Mac Tools 4.51 and Font/DA Mover 1.2. } }Also, I don't know how to get BinHex 4.0. I've seen the }binaries on this board require this program, but I don't }know where to get this. Finally, if I have this program, }are there any other programs I need to complete the conversion? } }Thanks in advance for your help. }-- } ===================================================== } |Snail Mail: | e-mail: | } |Rob Sharo | sharo@remus.rutgers.edu| } |108 Evans Ave. | | } |Piscataway, NJ 08854 | | } ===================================================== Downloading by itself probably won't do you much good, unless the file(s) are text or source code. Most likely, they have been encoded into BinHex format (is there a line "This file must be converted using BinHex 4.0"?). Often, BinHex'd files have a ".hqx" or ".bhex" extension. You will need BinHex to decode them into usable form. This leads to a bootstrapping problem: how to get BinHex itself when it would have to be sent to you in BinHex'd form?!?!? Well, I can post you BinHex.bas which you will need a BASIC compiler or interpreter on your Mac to run. This will allow you to decode BinHex.hqx, the compiled executable that runs a lot faster than the BASIC version. Then you're in business. Of course, some of the files you're downloading may also be archived to save space and to keep related things together. Popular archivers are StuffIt and PackIt, using the ".sit" and ".pit" extensions respectively. Will try posting to e-mail. marc =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = Marc Johnson BITNET: rna!marc@rockvax.bitnet = = Rockefeller Univ. Neurobiology UUCP: ...cmcl2!rna!marc = = New York City INTERNET: marc%rna@rocky2.rockefeller.edu = = (129.85.2.1) = = = = "Gimme the beat boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock & roll = = ...and drift away" = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=