ssegan@dasys1.UUCP (Sascha Segan) (07/28/87)
Hiya.
I'm a longtime computer user who just recently got a Mac, got my hands on a
copy of Red Ryder 9.4 and started telecommunicating. I'm no newcomer to
usenet, but when searching through comp.sys.mac.binaries I found that
everything was encoded in something called BinHex!
What is BinHex?
How can I get it?
Why aren't those programs in MacBinary format, instead?
Thanks! I need it!
----Sascha
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New York, NY, USA {hoptoad,bc-cis,aecom,orville,raspi}!/ oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (07/29/87)
In article <922@dasys1.UUCP> ssegan@dasys1.UUCP (Sascha Segan) writes: >everything was encoded in something called BinHex! >How can I get it? See your local user's group, a shareware mail order service, or a more experienced friend with a mac. >Why aren't those programs in MacBinary format, instead? MacBinary requires 8 bit bytes. The usenet system only guarantees to send the low seven bits of each byte.
hallett@hamlet.steinmetz (Hallett) (07/29/87)
In article <922@dasys1.UUCP> ssegan@dasys1.UUCP (Sascha Segan) writes: >Hiya. Hiya back. >What is BinHex? BinHex is a program designed to translate a binary application into ASCII so it can be shipped around just like any other text file. These applications are encoded using BinHex 4.0, but BinHex 5 can decode them as well. Note however that only BH 4 can create the ASCII files; BinHex 5 is used to create a different representation. >How can I get it? Therein lies the trick. You find someone who has it or consult a local public domain black hole (like a user's group, or lab at a local college or university). >Why aren't those programs in MacBinary format, instead? Because it is still binary. Most mailing systems cannot ship binary. Since just about every public mac archive has things mailed to them, BinHex became the standard. comp.sys.mac is just going along with the rest of the world (or maybe the rest of the world is going along with them). >Thanks! I need it! You're welcome. We all did at one point. >Big Electric Cat Public Unix {bellcore,harpo,cmcl2}!cucard!dasys1!ssegan! Small Non-Charged Dog Local VMS (how's that for antithesis 8-)) Jeffrey A. Hallett (hallett@ge-crd.arpa hallett@desdemona.uucp) Software Technology Program General Electric Corporate Research and Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many" -- Kirk (STIII) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: My opinions do not represent my employer's, but it is his fault for giving me this thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~