Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!emory!att!iuvax!valnet!joseph From: joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Lharc is no good. Message-ID: Date: 15 Oct 90 15:40:33 GMT References: <5037@crash.cts.com> Organization: Valley BBS Network Lines: 34 nkraft@crash.cts.com (Norman Kraft) writes: > In article <3377@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: > > >Not only that, but 99% of all software on 99% of the BBS's in the USA is > >LHARCed, so it is a standard whether one wants it to be or not. I have had > >no trouble with it. Jorgan might be confusing it with LHWARP, which does > >seem to have some bugs in it (re: all the trouble people have had with > >the commodore 64 emulator file on abcfd) > > Excuse me? I don't know what boards you use, but 99% of the software > on 99% of the BBS's in the USA (which tend to be DOS, not Amiga), is > ZIP'ed, not LHARCed. Most of the software on public access and > university systems is ZOO'ed (which makes sense, since it is the most > portable, if not the most efficient.) Some of the Amiga boards around > here in San Diego are ZOOing their software, as well... > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Norman R. Kraft "Things should be as simple > Director, Software Development as possible, but not simpler." > Postal Buddy Corporation, San Diego, CA - Albert Einstein > INET nkraft@crash.cts.com > UUCP {hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc}!crash!nkraft Usual disclaimer applies... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Well, us hicks here in Indiana like to LHArc (actually LZ) our files, simply because the archives look nice! :) -Joseph Hillenburg UUCP: ...iuvax!valnet!joseph ARPA: valnet!joseph@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu INET: joseph@valnet.UUCP