Top Document: comp.sys.mac.games FAQ Previous Document: 1. Where can I find Mac games available for anonymous ftp? Next Document: 3. Where else can I get Mac games? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Files ending in .hqx are binary files which have been converted to BinHex format so that they can be transmitted as ASCII text files via the Internet. There are various utilities that will BinHex and de-BinHex files, among them Compact Pro and StuffIt (see below). Some Mac ftp clients such as Fetch will automatically de-BinHex files when you download them. Files ending in .cpt have been compressed by Compact Pro; files ending in .sit have been compressed by StuffIt. Compact Pro by Bill Goodman and StuffIt Lite from Aladdin Systems are shareware; they can be ftp'd >from any of the major Mac ftp sites, and the registration fee for each is $25. Files ending in .sea are self-extracting archives; just double- click on them to extract their contents. StuffIt Expander is a nifty free utility from Aladdin Systems that will uncompress StuffIt, Compact Pro, and Applelink archives. It will also decode BinHex 4.0 files without requiring you to first strip the headers. It's available at info-mac in MacBinary and binhex formats as <ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/cmp/> and <ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/cmp/>. User Contributions:Top Document: comp.sys.mac.games FAQ Previous Document: 1. Where can I find Mac games available for anonymous ftp? Next Document: 3. Where else can I get Mac games? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: schulman+@pitt.edu (Christina Schulman)
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