Subject: Re: Illogical compression schemes
From: Ben Jansen (bmerlin@mac.com)
Date: Sat Apr 28 2001 - 00:45:55 MDT
Most all browsers support decoding .hqx and .bin encoded files. That's
how Aladdin expects Mac users without previous versions to get Stuffit.
On Friday, April 27, 2001, at 09:53 PM, Mike Melanson wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Matthew 'Fringe' Duhan wrote:
>
>> Check this out for Aladdin's solution to the chicken and egg problem:
>> http://www.aladdinsys.com/support/techsupport/mac/mexp/mexp7.html
>
> "If you are using Netscape 4.x to browse the web..." That's a big
> "if"...:) This Mac has no TCP/IP apps on it whatsoever. I guess I could
> try to download NS, but that likely comes in .sit, .hqx, or .bin
> format. I
> find it particularly odd that Stuffit recommended using NS 4.x to fix
> the
> problem since my NS 4.x browser on Win98 couldn't even download the
> program files; it needed MSIE.
>
>> Also, expander is available for Win and Linux as well as Mac. Decode it
>> there and transfer the files via appletalk. ;)
>
> I'm working on this approach right now. At least their Windows
> app is a self-extracting executable.
>
> It's a good thing I'm a patient fellow...:)
> --
> -Mike Melanson
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