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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. ********************* George McKinlay [log in to unmask] *********************