Subj : Re: Names
To   : Mike Powell
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Sat May 29 2021 20:37:13

-=> Mike Powell wrote to SEAN DENNIS <=-

 MP> Yeah, I don't think most of us had the full story back then.  For
 MP> several years, I would convert any ARC and ZIP files on the BBS to ARJ
 MP> or LZH, partially because I was running on a system with limited disk
 MP> space and those usually made smaller files.  I think I quit doing that
 MP> when I started adding CD ROM collections and/or when Windows pretty
 MP> much made ZIP the standard.  By then, I had a bigger HD, too.

I've been a registered user of RAR for at least 15 years now and I'm happy
with it.  That's what I use these days, with its AV (authenticity verified)
stamp, for my official Cheepware releases.  I also use tar.gz for some
things.

Later,
Sean

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