On 31 Aug 96 09:05am, Don Nickell wrote to Bruce Wilson:
DN> I understand why binary files can't be transmitted, Bruce, I just
DN> didn't understand why xxencode was neccessary to send a DOS macro
DN> across.
Because the *.WPM files are binary files. The option/alternative is
to use David Seidman's utility to convert them to plain text which a
receiver then has to key in if he/she doesn't have David's utility
to convert the text back to the binary WPM format. Everyone who has
DOS should have Debug.
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