Short:        Mac .bin/sit/cpt/hqx/sea conversion (PPC), incl. source
Author:       (various, see below)
Uploader:     Andreas_Kleinert t-online de
Type:         util/arc
Architecture: ppc-powerup

mcvert runs under UNIX and converts between different representations
of Mac files.  One very common conversion is between BinHex4.0 and
MacBinary.

More details regarding file formats may be found in the mcvert.1 man
page, but basically, there are native Mac files that live (only) on
the Mac (since they have interesting internal structure), and
representations of Mac files.

Files are often identified by extensions, those .ext suffixes at the
end of the name.  Common suffixes include:

        .bin    MacBinary
        .sit    StuffIt
        .cpt    CompactPro
        .hqx    BinHex4.0
        .sea    self extracting archive

 Well, this now is a port for powerUP (TM) PPC systems,
 based on the original unix sources.

 PPC binary is called "mcvert.elf" and useable from Shell
 when being used with ppc.library V46+

 For source changes necessary for the PPC port, please
 take a look into "changes.powerup".

 The program itself hopefully still does work fine...

 This is a recompiled V1.1 of the port - see "changes.powerup" for
 details.

 --
 ARK, 27/Aug/98


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 Note:

  In the past, some guy called "SPH" took most of my free PPC ports
  (those where the sources have been included) and ported them to WOS.

  While I've nothing against WOS ports, an other point is very distasteful
  and unfair in my opinion: removing all references to my name and initials
  and simply replacing those with his own, while also removing all references
  to PPC-Lib/ELF and replacing those with WOS references and usually some flames
  or even offenses against the competing kernel and porter - without actually
  rewriting the readme text itself in a major way (for example, if I describe what
  *I* specifically did for the port - and what he didn't have to do a *second* time,
  of course - he does not even remove/change *those* notes and/or give me credit).

  This leads to the strange situation, that I hereby have to copyright this
  .readme text, to claim its authorship and forbid changes which aren't
  clearly marked as being changes to the original: While quotes may have
  been derived from other parts of the distribution, the whole .readme as
  such now is (C)opyrighted by Andreas R. Kleinert in 1998.

  Copyrights to the other files remain as such. Nevertheless I'd ask anyone
  to give me credit for the changes which I did myself and which of
  course have been labeled/marked/documented as such. Even free software
  lives from respecting the intellectual work and property of others. Thank you.

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 AUTHORS
      Doug Moore, Cornell University Computer Science.  Based upon xbin by
      Dave Johnson, Brown University, as modified by Guido van Rossum, and
      upon unpit by Allan G. Weber, as well as upon correspondence with
      several helpful readers of USENET.

      Joseph P. Skudlarek (Jskud@wv.MentorG.com) made numerous enhancement
      and maintenance releases.  See the comments in mcvert.c for additional
      supporting characters.