tsc2597@acf4.UUCP (Sam Chin) (02/27/85)
<<<>>> What is the standard format for posting binary files of PC stuff to net.sources ? I understand that CPM/86 files can be hexified and posted but there is no equivalent (as far as I know) of GENCMD in MS-DOS or PC-DOS ? I can imagine (ugh!) a posting of a hexified, archived file where all the internal files have been squeezed. Sam Chin allegra!cmcl2!acf4!tsc2597 tsc2597@nyu-acf4
nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) (02/28/85)
> > What is the standard format for posting binary files of PC stuff to > net.sources ? > > Sam Chin I have traded binary(.exe and .com) files for a PC by sending a version passed through the "uuencode" program; it is put back into binary, after transfer, using uudecode. Mark Horton, who wrote these programs, has assured the net they are in the public domain. -- Ed Nather Astronony Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather