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Re: Attached Files (BinHex, U...


On Mon, 14 Aug 1995, Donald C. Hoesterey wrote:

> Perhaps the file decoding questions about BinHex have been answered, but I've
> been off of the list for a while, so heres a little redundancy anyway.
>  BinHex is a  file encoding and compression scheme popular in Macintosh
> systems. In fact, it works with DOS based systems ,too. The encode-decode

Actually it is not a compression format, it merely converts binary data
in a file to ASCII text so it won't upset the various computers or modems
it needs to pass through in its journey around the net. Indeed its name
suggests its function: Binary to Hexidecimal.

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