Jim (and others): All the common file formats are easily handled on the PC up to megabytes in file size by a shareware program called XFERPRO. As a consultant, I have dealt with electronic transfer via modems and over the internet for years with more than 200 companies. XFERPRO works, is dirt cheap (I paid $10 about a year ago) and can be downloaded off the internet for a free trial period. You don't have to use both a PC and a UNIX platform for the different formats, the PC can handle all of them and detects their encoded formats automatically.
On the net, go to Sabasoft.com for all the details. They now have a 32 bit version as well as the 16 bit version. XFERPRO requires Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.1/3.11, or Windows 95 and NT. XFERPRO will not run under Windows 3.0. The following table is an indication of the file types that are handled by XFERPRO. Pardon the non-aligned columns, but I would have to ATTACH A FILE to make the columns line up....but that's the point of allowing file attachments, right? File Format Encode Decode Methods Checksum Multiple Enclosures _____________________________________________________________ Single File Y Y UU, XX Y Y Single File Y Y MIME Y Single File Y Y Binhex 4.0 CRC-16 SimTel File Format Y Y UU, XX Y Comp.binaries Usenet Newsgroup Y Y UU, XX Y Alt.binaries Usenet Newsgroup 1 Y Y UU, XX Y Alt.binaries Usenet Newsgroup 2 Y Y UU, XX Y Alt.binaries Usenet Newsgroup 3 Y Y UU, XX Y Alt.binaries Usenet Newsgroup 4 Y Y UU, XX Y UNIX Shell Archive Y Y UU, XX DOS R.E.M v5.24 Y Y UU, XX Y X-File File Format Y Y UU, XX Y UUXFER version 2.0 Y Y UU, XX Y WINCODE version 2.3 Y Y UU, XX Y POST version 1.2.0 Y Y UU, XX Y POST version 2.0.1 Y UU, XX xmitBin Y Y UU, XX Y BITFTP Archive Y Y UU, XX Y Squirrel 3.0 Y UU, XX America On-Line Y UU, XX ************** Another option, Windows users can use the freeware application WinCode, available from <A HREF="http://www.members.global2000.net/snappy/software.html ">http://www.members.global2000.net/snappy/software.html</A>. Macintosh users can use the shareware application "Decoder" , available from <A HREF="http://w ww.concentric.net/~Columbin/">http://www.concentric.net/~Columbin/</A>. Hope this helps. Mike Conn Owner/Principal Consultant Mikon Consulting
