Subj : Re: Fmail Compression and Decompression
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Mon Aug 21 2023 10:40:13

Hi Michiel,

On 2023-08-21 09:57:51, you wrote to me:

 TK>>> Back in the day when I had millions of points and downlinks, some
 TK>>> liked to use rar and uc. Nowadays it should be enough to support
 TK>>> zip. :)

 WV>> I'm still using rar on two links.

 MvdV> Why? They do not support ZIP?

Because I can. ;-)

At the time the choice was made, because rar compressed better. And because it still works there is no reason to change this.

 WV>> And outside fido rar is very much in use too.

 MvdV> That should be no concern of us. It is (was?) barely used in Fidonet.

It means it's a viable choice, where current supported versions are available.

 WV>> And lha is in use in AmigaNet, because it was and still is the
 WV>> default archiver for the Amiga.

 MvdV> How many in Amiganet still actually use an Amiga?

Enough...

 MvdV> Hoe many of those do not also have a Fidonet node and support ZIP?
 MvdV> ZIP has become de de facto compression standard in Fidonet.

Not in AmigaNet.

 MvdV> The problem with keeping all these antiquaria, is that you also have
 MvdV> to support it. This will become increasingly difficult when the
 MvdV> knowledge evaporates...

This is true for all of Fidonet technology. Keeping this old techniques working is partly what makes it interesting...


Bye, Wilfred.

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