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echo: wperfect
to: BRUCE WILSON
from: DON NICKELL
date: 1996-08-31 09:05:00
subject: Re: Arithmetic in 5.1 fo

BW>  On 26 Aug 96 12:00am, Don Nickell wrote to Frederick Sohn:
BW>   DN> I don't understand a couple of things here. 1) Why xxencode is
BW>   DN> necessary, and 2) why your copy of LHA (LHA213.EXE, 1991?)
BW>   DN> doesn't both compress and de-compress.
BW>  The purpose is to convert a binary file to text which can then be
I understand why binary files can't be transmitted, Bruce, I just
didn't understand why xxencode was neccessary to send a DOS macro
across.
This thread has gotten blown off topic I guess. Thanks for the
reply, Bruce. :=)
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