Thanks for all the advice. I did try to unstuff it in the OS X folder, and copied it over to the System folder on OS9, but no dice. In the end I found a friend who had a 9.0 CD and just installed Stuffit from the CD.
Odd. -carlos On Jan 29, 4:38 pm, "Tim [G4 Sawtooth, 350MHz CPU / AGP / 320 MB]" <pdxb...@gmail.com> wrote: > The hqx extension indicates a binhex file, which you could unencode in > a separate pass. > > It is tricky, since any mac app that's prepared to be handled by the > arbitrary filesystem, will be encoded. > If you can already open a .bin, get BinHex (below) it'll decode > your .hqx to an .sea, which then will self-extract by being double > clicked. > > You will find many classic apps in this archive. > http://www.newnan.cc/FTP.html > BinHex is only 6K! http://www.pure-mac.com/compen.html#binhex > > On Jan 28, 11:13 am, deadwinter <thecar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi folks: > > > As I mentioned before, I have a Beige G3 Desktop I've been playing > > with. In order to get a couple of things installed on the OS9 > > partition, I apparently need Stuffit Classic. However, having > > downloaded Stuffit Classic, I notice that the file has an hqx > > extension, which means that it needs to be opened with... > > > Stuffit. > > > I don't have Stuffit in any way shape or form on that machine > > presently. So I am wondering how to solve this chicken-egg issue and > > if I'm missing something obvious. > > > Incidentally, I have neither the OS9 or 10.2 CDs > > > I tried unpacking it on the OS X partition and then burning the > > unpacked file to a CD...no dice. I keep getting an error that says > > that the system doesn't know what application it was "created with". > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > -carlos -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
