Subj : Re: Names
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Arelor
Date : Sun May 30 2021 13:26:52

  Re: Re: Names
  By: Sean Dennis to Mike Powell on Sat May 29 2021 08:37 pm

 > -=> 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
 > 
 > ... Internal consistency is more highly valued than efficiency.

I just use 7zip. I never found the need to register RAR when you coulñd use
7zip instead. It comes with an unrar utility too.

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