People often ask what all the file formats are all about.
The basic problem is that the way files are stored on a Mac is incompatible with PC's, UNIX, and most forms of electronic mail. To allow files to be transferred nevertheless they are converted into a format called binhex4.0 . Here is what the Archivists say about how to handle these formats. See also Problems with decoding below. This material was taken from the introduction , and adapted for this WWW service.