Re: Conversion of graphic files

by Jim Rosenfield <jnr(at)insightweb.com>

Date:	Sat, 04 Apr 1998 08:16:22 -0800
To:	tad davis <taddavis(at)interport.net>, hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
References:	att
	todo: View Thread, Original

At 11:23 PM 4/3/1998 -0500, tad davis wrote:
>Albert, 
>
>The file they sent you was compressed on the Mac. Tell them you need an
>uncompressed file. And have them name it using PC naming conventions. (If
>it's a TIFF file, name it: file.tif, or whatever.) Assuming you have the
>software that can read the file, that should be all.

But sometimews you need compressed files.
There is a mac program called PKZIP Mac which apparently supports cross
platform compression decompression with the popular Winzip on windows
platforms.




>
>good luck
>
>tad
>
>At 10:56 PM 4/3/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hi folks:
>>
>>If someone who uses Mac e-mail me a graphic file and I am using PC, how 
>>can I save and open the file?  I tried that a few days ago and I got a 
>>message saying that I need BinHex 4.0. I checked with Tucows and couple 
>>other places but none has this software.  Are there other ways to 
>>convert the file?  Ditto for text files.
>>
>>Albert Chu
>>
>>
>
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