uuencode(1) on Linux
The text 74bb2075c940, as Debian 4.0 (Etch), Debian 3.1 (Sarge), Debian 3.0 (Woody), Debian 2.2 (Potato), Debian 2.1 (Slink), Debian 2.0 (Hamm), Debian 1.3 (Bo), Debian 1.2 (Rex), Debian 1.1 (Buzz) shipped it.
encode a binary file uudecode - decode a file created by uuencode