Re: Decoding Binaries

[ab616@chebucto.ns.ca (Tony Cianfaglione)]

   You will need a UU-decoder to convert it into useable form.  Binaries 
cannot be posted to newsgroups unless they are converted into ascii 
text.  UU-encoding and Base64 (another coding system) will do this.  
GSCII+ for the GS (this _IS_ the Apple II newsgroup) will UU-decode 
nicely but I haven't a clue what you would need for the Mac.

Tony

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Matthew Zavacky (mattfz@vivanet.com) wrote:
: I'm new to the newsgroups, and while roaming around alt.binaries,
: instead of finding a viewable image, I found a long text file that began
: something like this: 

: section 1/1   file 198309.jpg   [ Wincode 2.7.3 ]

: begin 644 198309.jpg
: M_]C_X``02D9)1@`!`0$!+`$L``#_VP!#``4#!`0$`P4$!`0%!04&!PP(!P<'
: M!P\+"PD,$0\2$A$/$1$3%AP7$Q0:%1$1&"$8&AT='Q\?$Q<B)"(>)!P>'Q[_
: MVP!#`04%!0<&!PX("`X>%!$4'AX>'AX>'AX>'AX>'AX>'AX>'...........

: I've also seen some that are .zip files and look like this:

: Cut here...........Cut here.............Cut here.............
: a bunch of code..............................................

: How to I decode pictures like this on my Mac?  I've tried copy/pasting
: them to Simple Text and opening the text file with ZipIt and DropStuff,
: but I can't get an image that is useful.  What is the easiest way of
: decoding these?  Any help would certainly appreciated.
: Please email me.