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The comment for the predecessor of hexbin.
/*
* xbin -- unpack BinHex format file into suitable
* format for downloading with macput
* Dave Johnson, Brown University Computer Science
*
* (c) 1984 Brown University
* may be used but not sold without permission
*
* created ddj 12/16/84
* revised ddj 03/10/85 -- version 4.0 compatibility, other minor mods
* revised ddj 03/11/85 -- strip LOCKED bit from m_flags
* revised ahm 03/12/85 -- System V compatibility
* revised dba 03/16/85 -- (Darin Adler, TMQ Software) 4.0 EOF fixed,
* 4.0 checksum added
* revised ddj 03/17/85 -- extend new features to older formats: -l, stdin
* revised ddj 03/24/85 -- check for filename truncation, allow multiple files
* revised ddj 03/26/85 -- fixed USG botches, many problems w/multiple files
* revised jcb 03/30/85 -- (Jim Budler, amdcad!jimb), revised for compatibility
* with 16-bit int machines
* revised dl 06/16/85 -- (Dan LaLiberte, liberte@uiucdcs) character
* translation speedup
* revised ddj 09/30/85 -- fixed problem with run of RUNCHAR
* revised gvr 11/15/86 -- speed-up: rewrote .hqx decoding (mcvax!guido)
* revised jwm 04/26/88 -- now recognizes "(Convert with" as a starting line
* -- the widely-used Stuffit uses this as a header
* revised dtw ../../89 -- hqx format will skip garbage lines; undoes some of
* -- gvr's work. will now also recognize .dl format.
*/