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Robert Stoecker

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May 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/17/97
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I've recently purchased a Mac SE/30, and I'd like to get a copy of Binhex
4.0 to download files. It's a catch-22 situation! I need some sort of
translator to unpack binhex.

Is there a self-extracting archive somewhere possibly labelled Binhex.sea?

Maybe this is a proprietary item (shareware), and if so, I'll pay the fee
to get it.

Thanks.

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Matti Haveri

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May 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/18/97
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In article <5ll8eq$o...@nntp.seflin.org>, big...@pb.seflin.org (Robert
Stoecker) wrote:

:It's a catch-22 situation! I need some sort of
:translator to unpack binhex.

To handle mac-specific files (*.hqx, *.bin, *.sit, *.cpt) you need StuffIt
Expander. Most mac's communication programs (ZTerm, Fetch, Anarchie etc)
decode MacBinary (*.bin) automatically; Fetch can also decode BinHex
(*.hqx) - with these apps you can download and decode an encoded version
of StuffIt Expander. StuffIt Expander should be included with Netscape
Navigator 3.0. If you have Netscape Navigator 2.0, go into General
Preferences / Helper Apps, change the preference for
application/mac-binhex40 from "Launch Application StuffIt Expander" to
"Use Netscape as Viewer", download the BinHex encoded version of StuffIt
Expander; Netscape Navigator will automatically do the BinHex decoding.

If these fail, your mac's email program may have the built-in capability
to decode BinHex mail attachments like Eudora. Try the following: send an
email to: <in...@aladdinsys.com>, make the SUBJECT of the message
"getexpander" (no quotes!), leave the BODY text areas of the email message
empty. An email message will be automatically returned to you with StuffIt
Expander included as a BinHex encoded mail attachment. (For advanced users
it is also possible to let Eudora decode BinHex from sendmail-like-files
already on your local HD).

You can get a working copy of StuffIt Expander using a freebie AOL disk:
install, and double-click on the AOL icon, when AOL offers to take you
through the sign-on process click on cancel, select "Open" from the file
menu and decode the stuffed version of StuffIt Expander.

You can also copy StuffIt Expander from a friend, local user group, your
friendly mac dealer etc; you can even download it via a PC (see below). If
all else fails, you can order a copy on disk directly from Aladdin:
<http://www.aladdinsys.com/consumer/order.html>

<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/cmp/stuffit-expander-401.hqx>
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/cmp/stuffit-expander-401.bin>

Q: How can I download mac files via a PC and then use them on my mac
(given that I don't _already_ have mac decode/uncompress software)?

A: Sometimes mac-users are in a situation where their only connection is
via PCs and they need to transfer files through them. They need to have
StuffIt Expander (or some other utility) to convert BinHex (*.hqx) and
MacBinary (*.bin) files. If they don't have a working copy of StuffIt
Expander then Mac-ette (or MacSEE or TransMac) makes it possible to get it
via a PC:

1. Get Mac-ette and StuffIt Expander (get the MacBinary version!) to the
PC. Get also WinZip and Uucode if the PC doesn't already have similar
apps. Use _binary_ transfer.

<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/disk/macette-30.uu>
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/cmp/stuffit-expander-401.bin>
<http://www.winzip.com/download.htm> <ftp://ftp.winzip.com/>
<ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi//windows/util/uucode16.zip>

2. Uudecode, unzip and launch macette.exe on the PC. Put in a
mac-formatted HD-diskette (or format it with Mac-ette) and open the
desired folder/directory in it.

3. Copy stuffit-expander-401.bin to the mac-diskette using _MacBinary_
option in Mac-ette. With StuffIt Expander installed on a mac your next
file-transfers are easier:

4. You can FTP and copy subsequent mac-files to PC-diskettes. Remember to
use _binary_ transfer with MacBinary *.bin and compressed files such as
*.sit and *.cpt! Mount PC-diskettes on a mac equipped with SuperDrive
(using PC Exchange, Access PC or DOS Mounter; all macs excluding the Plus
and some older SE's have SuperDrive) or copy them using Apple File
Exchange (binary transfer with AFE) to the mac. Decode and expand them
with StuffIt Expander.

If the file is too big to fit on a floppy, use WinZip (via PKZip) on the
PC side to compress and segment/span it into smaller parts to PC-diskettes
and extract the file using ZipIt on the mac. Another option is to split a
BinHex file with a PC word processor or uuencode and segment the file on a
PC and join them on the mac.

<ftp://ftp.pkware.com//pub/pkware/pkz204g.exe>
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/cmp/zip-it-135.hqx>

...you want also DropStuff with expander enhancer; together with StuffIt
Expander it decodes and expands almost everything (bin, hqx, sit, cpt, uu,
gz, tar, Z, arc, zip).

<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/cmp/drop-stuff-with-ee-40.hqx>

...MacSEE or TransMac can be used instead of Mac-ette to translate
MacBinary and to write on mac disks on a PC:

<ftp://ftp.funet.fi//pub/mac/info-mac/disk/macsee-22.uu>
<ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu//pub/pc/win3/util/tmac14.zip>

More info at:

<http://www.walli.uwasa.fi/~mhaveri/mac-internet-faq.txt>

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Matti Haveri <mha...@walli.walli.uwasa.fi>
<http://www.walli.uwasa.fi/~mhaveri/>

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