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Need Info About Octet-stream

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  Posted 02 November 2006 - 02:55 AM

Can you convert software programs from octet-stream to run in windows.


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Posted 02 November 2006 - 09:11 AM

It depends on what is included in the octet-stream. An octet-stream is just a way of saying it's binary data. Some sources say that you can change the file extension to the proper type (such as .exe, .pdf, etc) and it should run - but I haven't tried it myself.
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