Hi Sylvain,
(Tuesday May 06 1997 21:41) Sylvain Lauzon to James Vahn about: Intel and 
&T
 SL> hi james!
 >> begin 644 masm2gas.zip
 >> M4$L#!!0````(`-F`NB#)Q5YH`0<``$82```,````;6%S;3)G87,N  Would you tell me what the number "644" is used for? I seen there is
 SL>  different number from a software author to another.
 SL>  Or anyone that could answer me.
It's an indicator, showing that the following code is UU- or XXencoded. (In 
the current case, I'm sure that it was UUencoded, not XX)
You need a proper decoder to work on the message, and retrieve the contents 
of the code-block. In this case, if it were decoded right, you would find a 
new file on your system, named `masm2gas.zip'
Find yourself a software package that does UUencoding/decoding and try it out 
for yourself. Such packages can be found on almost ALL BBS's and anywhere on 
the Net.
Live long and prosper,
  Ted Menks    PGPkeyID: 1024/37AF0C35 1997/02/12
  Fido  : 2:284/412.51
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