From george at galis.org  Mon Nov  5 22:06:26 2007
From: george at galis.org (George Georgalis)
Date: Mon Nov  5 22:06:35 2007
Subject: [macosx-unix] an hqx application....
Message-ID: <20071106030626.GC23605@run.duo>

Hi All,

I have an application which came in an hqx file, but my powerbook
doesn't seem to have anything to open it with. I think if I get
it extracted all will be okay, but how?

// George

-- 
George Georgalis, information system scientist <IXOYE><
From jannino at jannino.com  Mon Nov  5 22:16:34 2007
From: jannino at jannino.com (Joseph Annino)
Date: Mon Nov  5 22:16:38 2007
Subject: [macosx-unix] an hqx application....
In-Reply-To: <20071106030626.GC23605@run.duo>
References: <20071106030626.GC23605@run.duo>
Message-ID: <DAED72DA-6DBC-4341-BF94-68DA8F9946A9@jannino.com>

That's a binhex file, a rather old format that encodes the resource  
fork and extended finder attributes of a file in something like a  
base64 encoding.  It hasn't really been used much since the switch to  
OS X.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binhex
The article contains some links to decoders at the bottom

Stuffit expander, the swiss army knife of mac compression and  
extraction, can also decode this:
http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/index.html

On Nov 5, 2007, at 10:06 PM, George Georgalis wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have an application which came in an hqx file, but my powerbook
> doesn't seem to have anything to open it with. I think if I get
> it extracted all will be okay, but how?
>
> // George
>
> -- 
> George Georgalis, information system scientist <IXOYE><
> _______________________________________________
> macosx-unix mailing list
> macosx-unix@lesmuug.org
> http://beth.lesmuug.org/mailman/listinfo/macosx-unix

From george at galis.org  Mon Nov  5 23:19:04 2007
From: george at galis.org (George Georgalis)
Date: Mon Nov  5 23:19:07 2007
Subject: [macosx-unix] an hqx application....
In-Reply-To: <DAED72DA-6DBC-4341-BF94-68DA8F9946A9@jannino.com>
References: <20071106030626.GC23605@run.duo>
	<DAED72DA-6DBC-4341-BF94-68DA8F9946A9@jannino.com>
Message-ID: <20071106041904.GF23605@run.duo>

macutils, converts between different Macintosh file encodings
http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/utils/compress/macutils.tar.gz

is certainly the winner for getting/compiling it. It
failed to find my lzo, but it worked on another bsd
box.

I used hexbin and now I have this file:  DL.img.sit.bin

which I could use macunpack on without error, I now
have a new, slightly (1%) smaller DL.img.sit.bin file.

back to mac, any ideas on how to open/launch that? I
have the feeling vlc is not the right application...

// George



On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 10:16:34PM -0500, Joseph Annino wrote:
> That's a binhex file, a rather old format that encodes the resource fork 
> and extended finder attributes of a file in something like a base64 
> encoding.  It hasn't really been used much since the switch to OS X.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binhex
> The article contains some links to decoders at the bottom
>
> Stuffit expander, the swiss army knife of mac compression and extraction, 
> can also decode this:
> http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/index.html
>
> On Nov 5, 2007, at 10:06 PM, George Georgalis wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have an application which came in an hqx file, but my powerbook
>> doesn't seem to have anything to open it with. I think if I get
>> it extracted all will be okay, but how?
>>
>> // George
>>
>> -- 
>> George Georgalis, information system scientist <IXOYE><
>> _______________________________________________
>> macosx-unix mailing list
>> macosx-unix@lesmuug.org
>> http://beth.lesmuug.org/mailman/listinfo/macosx-unix
>

-- 
George Georgalis, information system scientist <IXOYE><
From jannino at jannino.com  Mon Nov  5 23:25:34 2007
From: jannino at jannino.com (Joseph Annino)
Date: Mon Nov  5 23:25:39 2007
Subject: [macosx-unix] an hqx application....
In-Reply-To: <20071106041904.GF23605@run.duo>
References: <20071106030626.GC23605@run.duo>
	<DAED72DA-6DBC-4341-BF94-68DA8F9946A9@jannino.com>
	<20071106041904.GF23605@run.duo>
Message-ID: <F58FE7BB-2126-42B9-8AB6-83424FEB2601@jannino.com>

That is a macbinary encoded stuffit archive.

You will probably need stuffit expander at this point.  I am sure  
there are other options that are more free, but stuffit expander  
should be the easiest.

On Nov 5, 2007, at 11:19 PM, George Georgalis wrote:

> macutils, converts between different Macintosh file encodings
> http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/utils/compress/macutils.tar.gz
>
> is certainly the winner for getting/compiling it. It
> failed to find my lzo, but it worked on another bsd
> box.
>
> I used hexbin and now I have this file:  DL.img.sit.bin
>
> which I could use macunpack on without error, I now
> have a new, slightly (1%) smaller DL.img.sit.bin file.
>
> back to mac, any ideas on how to open/launch that? I
> have the feeling vlc is not the right application...
>
> // George
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 10:16:34PM -0500, Joseph Annino wrote:
>> That's a binhex file, a rather old format that encodes the resource  
>> fork
>> and extended finder attributes of a file in something like a base64
>> encoding.  It hasn't really been used much since the switch to OS X.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binhex
>> The article contains some links to decoders at the bottom
>>
>> Stuffit expander, the swiss army knife of mac compression and  
>> extraction,
>> can also decode this:
>> http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/index.html
>>
>> On Nov 5, 2007, at 10:06 PM, George Georgalis wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have an application which came in an hqx file, but my powerbook
>>> doesn't seem to have anything to open it with. I think if I get
>>> it extracted all will be okay, but how?
>>>
>>> // George
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> George Georgalis, information system scientist <IXOYE><
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> macosx-unix mailing list
>>> macosx-unix@lesmuug.org
>>> http://beth.lesmuug.org/mailman/listinfo/macosx-unix
>>
>
> -- 
> George Georgalis, information system scientist <IXOYE><