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phantomcow2
03-14-06, 06:28 PM
What application is necessary?

bigskymacadam
03-14-06, 06:50 PM
what is that? a bios update or something? change the extension to .txt and open with notepad. don't think you'll "see" anything though.
DannoXYZ
03-15-06, 12:38 AM
Check this out: IDA Pro Disassembler and Debugger (http://www.datarescue.com/idabase)

TexasGuy
03-15-06, 12:58 AM
is't .hex some mac compression or installation package thingie? or am i thinking of another file extension?
TexasGuy
03-15-06, 12:59 AM
Check this out: IDA Pro Disassembler and Debugger (http://www.datarescue.com/idabase)
Whoa. i haen't herad of IDA Pro in a while. that brings back a few fond memories.
DannoXYZ
03-15-06, 02:40 AM
is't .hex some mac compression or installation package thingie? or am i thinking of another file extension?Nah, that's BINHEX or .hqx which was similar to UUencode for converting 8-bit binary files into 7-bit text for transmitting across email or usenet newsgroups.
KingTermite
03-15-06, 05:20 AM
Nah, that's BINHEX or .hqx which was similar to UUencode for converting 8-bit binary files into 7-bit text for transmitting across email or usenet newsgroups.
I was going to agree....as it sounded familiar to me as some sort of Mac archive file or something, but you are right, hqx is what *I* was thinking of.
slvoid
03-15-06, 05:22 AM
You need a priest.
KingTermite
03-15-06, 05:27 AM
You need a priest.
They are all busy right now. There is an alter-boy convention going on at the moment. :o