[comp.sys.mac.misc] Help! How to decode system7-image.hqx files??

jzhou@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (Jianbo Zhou) (05/29/91)

	I have downloaded system7 file from  ftp.apple.com. What I got
are a bunch of ***-image.hqx files. What should I do with them. What
kind of utility programs do I need to decode these files. I tried
Binhex 4.0 and Stufflt 1.5.1. It seemed that I can't extract
anything from them except some ***-image files.
	Would somebody be kind to tell me how to go from
***-image.hax files to files which Mac can understand?

mikew@fx.com (Mike Wexler) (05/30/91)

jzhou@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (Jianbo Zhou) writes:


>	I have downloaded system7 file from  ftp.apple.com. What I got
>are a bunch of ***-image.hqx files. What should I do with them. What
>kind of utility programs do I need to decode these files. I tried
>Binhex 4.0 and Stufflt 1.5.1. It seemed that I can't extract
>anything from them except some ***-image files.
>	Would somebody be kind to tell me how to go from
>***-image.hax files to files which Mac can understand?
You need to use DiskCopy which is also on ftp.apple.com. It takes the
image files and loads them onto a floppy disk.

On the other hand, after I download the .sea files to my mac, double
clicking on them just generates an error message that is something
like "application is busy or damaged". This happens on all of the
.sea files in the 7.0 distribution, and also the Stuffit 1.5.1 distribution.
It doesn't happen with normal .sit files or other programs on download
using the same mechanism.
BTW, here is the sequence I use.
1. Download to my sun using ftp
2. Run xbin to convert to .data, .rsrc, and .info files
3. Use macbinput to download to my mac (VerstaTerm on the mac).
4. Double click on the .sea file.
Any suggestions.
--
Mike Wexler (mikew@fx.com)

bob@pirates.armstrong.edu (Bob Fawcett) (05/30/91)

In article <1991May29.195103.10657@fxgrp.fx.com> mikew@fx.com writes:
>
>On the other hand, after I download the .sea files to my mac, double
>clicking on them just generates an error message that is something
>like "application is busy or damaged". This happens on all of the
>.sea files in the 7.0 distribution, and also the Stuffit 1.5.1 distribution.
>It doesn't happen with normal .sit files or other programs on download
>using the same mechanism.
>
Make sure you download those in binary mode in FTP and turn Macbinary on if
you use NCSA Telnet.

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