re: FAST version of BinHex

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Subject: re: FAST version of BinHex
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Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 23:12:38 EST
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From: Bill Croft
[sumex] now contains the following binhex files:

binhex.bas the old basic version
binhex.hex the new version in it's own binhex format
binhex.dl in 'fromhex' format
binhex.rsrc the 8-bit resource file

After getting a running copy of binhex on your Mac, you may want to run
it on itself (binhex.hex) or use the macput '-a BNHX' switch; this
will set the 'created by' field to 'BNHX' so that the icon shows up
correctly (cute: shows a document 'turning into' an application).

This does look like a superior format for 'mailable' Mac files.
Perhaps someone will feel motivated to modify macput, macget, kermit,
or modem so that they can recognize these files and do the proper
protocol with MacTerminal to automatically send each component of the
Mac file.