Dogface21 Posted November 28, 2001 Share Posted November 28, 2001 Im in a PBEM game with a chap who runs a Mac, and we're having problems with compatibility ... maybe? I dont know how I got the first setup turn to work, I just copied the text straight from my E-mail to notepad to CM. But the next turn was so big that I couldnt transfer the data by cut-n-paste, and so I asked him to zip it, or compress it somehow, and send that, which he kindly and promptly did. Now that doesnt work either, I open the attachment from current location, and it then gives me a warning saying ' Warning, this is a .bin file, are you sure you want to open? I say OK, then asks open with what? I dont know what programs read .bin files, so I try open with notepad. Pretext to the PBEM code says somthing about Apple Computers, so I load it in CM, nothing. I delete the Apple stuff, leaving bare code, nothing. Is there a compression format stable (and free) that is compatible? Thanks in advance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted November 28, 2001 Share Posted November 28, 2001 Have your opponent use the .ZIP format rather than some other compression format that may be more common on the Mac. ZipIt is one program to use and I believe that the Aladdin Stuffit should have a PC-compatible .ZIP format. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogface21 Posted November 29, 2001 Author Share Posted November 29, 2001 Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgars Posted November 29, 2001 Share Posted November 29, 2001 Another thing you might do is to ask your mac opponent to use "Apple Single" attachment encoding in his e-mail app when sending zipped file to you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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