DP3 won't run! [now off topic]

[scott]

>> Do you know how to extract and install Stuffit Expander when you
>> download it and it comes as a .sit file and you don't have expander
>> to unstuff it?
> 
> It doesn't come as a .sit file, you would receive it as either a
> ..hqx or a .bin file.

It was a theoretical situation.  Sorry for not being more precise.

>And if you *don't already have the tools* to
> extract a .bin or a .hqx (or .sit) file, there is nothing you can
> do. The Mac's filesystem with its resource/data forks and type/creator
> presents a true catch 22 situation when dealing with downloads.

Well, chances are you could get the tools from somewhere.  Both IE and
Netscape as well as most FTP programs can decode the .bin file.  I don't see
what the catch 22 is.  Once you have a utility, any utility, it's not a
problem...  And I won't get into a discussion on the advantages and
disadvantages resource/data forks.  Type/creator has nothing to do with it.
 
> The *only* option is to find another Mac that already has the
> extraction tools you need and copy them over.

Chances are that if you have downloaded the file you have a tool to
decompress it....



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