Friday 072707 in Oshkosh Pt 1 - the Raptor [01/30] - "F22 lifting off 18 after very short takeoff roll.jpg" yEnc (0/1)

On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:03:21 GMT, shiver
wrote:

Just Plane Noise wrote:

Please decribe this system that is allegedly so old that it can't
decode yEnc even thought it can decode UU. The hardware requirements
are no different, so I suspect your shouted claim hasd no merit.


Alright.... I'll give you a serious reply.

I'm on a Macintosh....... that's a Macintosh AND NOT A PC.

All of the software you talk about does not work on a Macintosh.

It took me all of one second to find yEnc TZ, a free utility that even
has a version for OS 7 as well as all later versions.
http://www.turbozen.com/mac/yenc/

At the main site (http://www.turbozen.com/) you'll see that David
Phillip Oster develeops all kinds of free things, mostly for Macs.

So your argument does not hold--there's nothing to stop you from
getting the utility and using it.

I've been told that MT Newswatcher will decode Yenc. But it is not
available in a version that will work with my OS.


That's why Oster developed his utility.

I've been told there are helper applications out there and none of them
work with my system.

I've got to assume that Oster knows what he is doing, but perhaps Mac
users here can comment.


I have no intentions of going out and not just spending money on a new
OS but also having to update many dozens of pieces of software at god
knows what financial cost just so that I can actually look at just one
of your pictures.

Then don't! Nobody is forcing you! I certainly wouldn't want anybody
to go through all that trouble and cost and maybe risk just to view
my pictures--I'm not so full of myself that I assume they're worth any
particular level of effort. There's no way I can tell you in advance
whether my pictures are worth it FOR YOU. Only you can make that
judgement.

Now if your so smart that you think that you can solve my problem then
have at it McDuff.

I would be very grateful if that problem could be solved.


This is a problem for a Mac person, preferably one experienced with
the kind of free decoder I found. I'm a PC person, always have
been, every organization I've worked in has been a PC place, and I
even converted my wife from Mac to PC because I just couldn't help her
with Mac problems even though I rarely need tech support for PC
problems. Macs are a mystery to me, although I've been told the
reason they have the kind of problem you may be describing is
precisely because they are intended to require very little user
intervention or modification, and consequently they tolerate less
intervention or modification. (As an old under-the-hood hotrodder,
the Mac just ain't my kind of machine!). I'm sorry I can't help.

Just Plane Noise wrote:

It took me all of one second to find yEnc TZ, a free utility that even
has a version for OS 7 as well as all later versions.
http://www.turbozen.com/mac/yenc/

Yes and over the past few years three other people before you came up
with the very same utility in the very same amount of time.

IT DOES NOT WORK WITH MY MACINTOSH.

First in order to decode a Yenc file you have to be able to download
a Yenc file.

There is no program that I have been able to find that will work with
my OS and download a Yenc file.... PERIOD.

I'm surprised you didn't come across MT Newswatcher.

Oh..... You did.

It's a cousin of YA Newswatcher and YES the latest versions of MT
Newswatcher will download and decode Yenc. But NO there is not a
version of that program that will work with my older OS.

Back to square one.

So your argument does not hold--there's nothing to stop you from
getting the utility and using it.

As I've just explained that the arguement still holds water.

This is a problem for a Mac person,

And I have yet to find one with a solution.

Plenty of advice YES.... a solution... NO.

I'm sorry I can't help.

Well I'm sorry too. There's no doubt that my life would be a lot
easier if I could decode these images like the majority.

On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:26:59 GMT, shiver
wrote:

Well I'm sorry too. There's no doubt that my life would be a lot
easier if I could decode these images like the majority.

Well, ya can always bitch and moan. That seems to be your MI.

hth

Dave

In article ,
shiver wrote:

Just Plane Noise wrote:

It took me all of one second to find yEnc TZ, a free utility that even
has a version for OS 7 as well as all later versions.
http://www.turbozen.com/mac/yenc/

Yes and over the past few years three other people before you came up
with the very same utility in the very same amount of time.

IT DOES NOT WORK WITH MY MACINTOSH.

First in order to decode a Yenc file you have to be able to download
a Yenc file.

I used to use yEnc TZ on my old Macs when I was running 8.6. It worked
fine. If it's not working for you, you're doing something wrong. My
memory might be fuzzy, but I think what you have to do is use the
Extract Binaries (command-b) to download the files, then drop it onto TZ
to decode them.

Just curious: why are you still running 8.6? If you need just a basic
Mac there are any number of G3 & G4 machines that can be had for CHEAP
that will run OSX and also boot into 8.6, or run it in "Classic" mode.
Well, you might have to use OS9 to do that.

--
One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others can
not grasp.*- Ed Wood