What is Hexomatic?
Hexomatic adds automatic BinHex transfer capability to your Macintosh Web server!
Here's how it works. Suppose you have a file "mystuff.sit" that you
are serving. Simply create a URL that points to "mystuff.sit.hqx" and
the user will receive a BinHexed file! You do NOT need to create the
BinHexed file, Hexomatic does it automatically!
Are you still using an FTP server to distribute software? Forget
it! HTTP is a reliable protocol for file transfers, and now with
Hexomatic, it's even easier to serve software from your web server.
System Requirements?
Hexomatic is a W*API Plugin, compatible with
WebStar, WebStar SSL, WebStar Personal Edition, and Quid Pro Quo.
Other servers that support WebStar plugins should work as well.
Please send compatibility information to us, if you are
unable to get it to work with a server that supports WebStar plugins.
There is currently no ACGI version of Hexomatic.
What do I gain?
- Save LOTS of hard drive space! Files are about 40%
larger when they are BinHexed! If your site provides BinHex AND
Macintosh transfers, you will be able to reclaim about 58% of the
total space used by files! Hexomatic allows a single file to be
downloaded as a Macintosh file OR as a BinHexed file.
- Save LOTS of time! Want to serve a stuffit file? Put it
on your site, and that's it! You no longer need to maintain
Stuffed and BinHexed files. Just set the URL appropriately.
- Hexomatic is fast! It has been optimized to provide
fast transfers, without slowing down your server at all! Hexomatic
will work fine with multiple asynchronous transfers. It works on
all 020, 030, 040, or PPC Macs.
- Hexomatic is much better than Starnine's own binhex plugin.
Starnine's plugin binhexes the entire file first, before sending anything,
and caches the entire binhexed file to the hard drive. Hexomatic binhexes
it as it is sent, so there is no initial delay, no wasted hard drive space,
and it is much faster!
Why should I order?
Hexomatic is shareware, which means that you can use it for 30 days until you
decide whether or not it's right for you. If you register, for only $35, you
are helping support the product, so that we can continue to enhance Hexomatic.
Pliner Solutions is located in Willow Grove, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, although we have have clients worldwide.
Please contact us for more information about Pliner Solutions Hexomatic product at (215) 658-1601 or use our convenient online form.