Here are the extensions we use in this archive and their explanations: - directory .txt - an ascii text file .etx - an ascii text file in a particular format called "structure-enhanced text". Browser programs can beautify these files. .abs - an ascii text file containing abstracts of the other files in its directory .hqx - an ascii text file which contains an image of a Macintosh file. Use Binhex 4.0, StuffIt, Compact Pro, or a variety of other utilities to convert these files from encoded text into applications and documents. StuffIt Expander is recommended to debinhex these files. .bin - a binary image of a Macintosh file, in MacBinary format. .shar - shell archive. Can be converted into text documents on a Unix system. .uu - a uuencoded file which can be converted into a binary file by running uudecode on a Unix system Except for .bin files, these can all be transferred with ASCII mode FTP. After the file has been transferred to your mac and converted from binhex, you may see additional unfamiliar kinds of file. These are mainly archive formats which allow files to be posted here in a compressed, more convenient to manage form. Some common extensions are: .cpt - Compact Pro archive (see /util) .pit - PackIt II archive (obsolete). Deconvert with one of the other archivers, using special menu items. .sea - self-extracting archive, an application which creates new files when run. No additional software is necessary. .sit - StuffIt archive SITD - actually a file type, this indicates Stuffit Deluxe See the help file accessing-files.txt for more information on decompressing and downloading files. The Info-Mac Moderators moderator@info-mac.org