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#Binary
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It sounds like we are proceeding toward an AmigaBinary Standard. This is
encouraging. I see no reason, however, why a AmigaBinary standard should be a
modification of MacBinary. MacBinary has many fields that are Mac specific. The
intent of MacBinary is what we need, not it specifically (I participated in the
early discussions on MacBinary and believe I can claim the first implementation
of MacBinary). With CBM's help we can come up with something that is most
appropriate for the Amiga. Note that a MacBinary file is of no use to any
computer but a Mac. MacBinary does, however, allow other systems to store a
file. Thus, an IBM BBS can store and send MacBinary files. Bill Bond
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2051
Well, the work has already been done on MacBinary; what I'm saying is that we
should look at what they've done, figure out what needs to be transmitted for
Amiga files, and use the same framework they did. That way it will be easier
to convert files from one format to the other — which >will< be useful, in
some cases. Without knowing too much about the Mac, it seems to me that the
Amiga could make good use of some MacBinary files, particularly if they have
only a data fork. E.g. a font file. You'd download the Mac file, run it
through a MacBinary to AmigaBinary converter (or just have the Amiga program
recognize MacBinary — which is the real reason for making them similar), this
getting not only the data, but also the proper filename and possibly other
things like length, etc. Of course you'd still need a seperate program to (for
instance) convert Mac format font files, but at least you'd have the file
intact, plus whatever useful additional information could be extracted. Don't
you agree?
Well, the work has already been done on MacBinary; what I'm saying is that we
should look at what they've done, figure out what needs to be transmitted for
Amiga files, and use the same framework they did. That way it will be easier
to convert files from one format to the other — which >will< be useful, in
some cases. Without knowing too much about the Mac, it seems to me that the
Amiga could make good use of some MacBinary files, particularly if they have
only a data fork. E.g. a font file. You'd download the Mac file, run it
through a MacBinary to AmigaBinary converter (or just have the Amiga program
recognize MacBinary — which is the real reason for making them similar), this
getting not only the data, but also the proper filename and possibly other
things like length, etc. Of course you'd still need a seperate program to (for
instance) convert Mac format font files, but at least you'd have the file
intact, plus whatever useful additional information could be extracted. Don't
you agree?
Well, the work has already been done on MacBinary; what I'm saying is that we
should look at what they've done, figure out what needs to be transmitted for
Amiga files, and use the same framework they did. That way it will be easier
to convert files from one format to the other — which >will< be useful, in
some cases. Without knowing too much about the Mac, it seems to me that the
Amiga could make good use of some MacBinary files, particularly if they have
only a data fork. E.g. a font file. You'd download the Mac file, run it
through a MacBinary to AmigaBinary converter (or just have the Amiga program
recognize MacBinary — which is the real reason for making them similar), this
getting not only the data, but also the proper filename and possibly other
things like length, etc. Of course you'd still need a seperate program to (for
instance) convert Mac format font files, but at least you'd have the file
intact, plus whatever useful additional information could be extracted. Don't
you agree?
– Bela
Well, the work has already been done on MacBinary; what I'm saying is that we
should look at what they've done, figure out what needs to be transmitted for
Amiga files, and use the same framework they did. That way it will be easier
to convert files from one format to the other — which >will< be useful, in
some cases. Without knowing too much about the Mac, it seems to me that the
Amiga could make good use of some MacBinary files, particularly if they have
only a data fork. E.g. a font file. You'd download the Mac file, run it
through a MacBinary to AmigaBinary converter (or just have the Amiga program
recognize MacBinary — which is the real reason for making them similar), this
getting not only the data, but also the proper filename and possibly other
things like length, etc. Of course you'd still need a seperate program to (for
instance) convert Mac format font files, but at least you'd have the file
intact, plus whatever useful additional information could be extracted. Don't
you agree?
– Bela