Found 1 record for the .HQX file extension name

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file extension HQX - BinHex archive format, orig. Macintosh

File type specification:

Archive and compressed file type icon Archive and compressed file type

Extension icon: hqx file icon.HQX

File extension HQX description:

The BinHex format was created to satisfy two specific needs. First, to allow transferring binary files (therefore coded on 8 bits) sent on the Internet, whose pipes are not always "8-bit clean". This means that there must be some sort of mapping between a 8-bit stream and a 7-bit stream. Secondly, to bundle in a single container both forks composing a Macintosh file. Last but not the least, the author, Yves Lempereur, added a compression function, of the RLE type, to avoid sending repetitive sequences of identical characters.

Mime:
application/binhex
application/mac-binhex
application/mac-binhex40
application/octet-stream
application/x-gzip
application/x-stuffit
application/x-tar
application/x-winzip
application/x-zip-compressed

Associated applications to file extension HQX:

The Unarchiver

Company / developer:
  Dag Ågren/WAHa.06x36

 

WinZip Computing logoWinZip

Company / developer:
  WinZip Computing

 

Smith Micro Software logoStuffIt Expander

Company / developer:
  Smith Micro Software

 

ZipIt

Company / developer:
  Tom Brown

 

PKZIP for Windows

Company / developer:
  PKWARE, Inc.

 

BinHex 4.0

Company / developer:
  Yves Lempereur

 

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How to convert file with extension HQX:

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