Technology is stupid sometimes...

[Andrew_Baker]

So, anyway, I've been trying to dl Limewire (a gnutella client) for my ancient Mac all night and morning. Here's the thing: Netscape (an ancient version) can't even recognize the file format (.bin a chunk of naught but binary code, sort of like a disk image [?]) and thus saves it as a text resource.

However, MacLynx (a port of the Lynx text-only browser for *nix) just looks at that hunk of binary code and says, sure, I'll download it without altering it. Why not?

It amuses me that regardless of how advanced everyone thinks modern software and such are, even weird-@$$ old school browsers like Lynx can handle goofy formats and stuff. Of course, MacLynx has trouble opening pages sometimes, but it's only a beta.

[sonneveld]

however.. lynx, despite being a text browser, is still being updated so technically they might have had the same bug as early-netscape ages ago.

- Nick

[Tom]

Usually a .bin file is raw-computer code...Yes, like a disk image.

I use .bin files...
But, it really doesn't matter that file extention, like you could have a .rtf ( Rich Text File Format ) file renamed to a .exe ( Executable, in DOS(2) and higher, Win16, Win32, and other OSes...

Anyway...

[smartguy240]

I use .bin files for Emulators...ePSXe uses a .bin to run the actual BIOS of the emulator.