Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!motcsd!mcdcup!mcdchg!ddsw1!corpane!sparks From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Lharc is no good. Message-ID: <3397@corpane.UUCP> Date: 17 Oct 90 14:13:16 GMT References: <1990Oct4.133454.25942@cs.umu.se> <3377@corpane.UUCP> <5037@crash.cts.com> Organization: Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY Lines: 36 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 >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... Sorry for the confusion, you are right. If you are talking about all BBS's (like I mistakenly implied). But what I should have made clear was that I was talking about Amiga BBS's. The evolution I have seen on Amiga BBS's is they started with ARC, then went to Zoo, then Lharc and Zip came on the scene. Zip and Lharc competed for a short while then it seemed like Lharc started taking over. Then we heard from Phil Katz that he was pissed off because no one on the Amiga was registering PKAZIP. After that, you hardly see any ZIP files at all any more on Amiga boards. And ARC and ZOO have all but disapeared also. Zoo is still used on university and unix based BBS's that support the Amiga, because Lharc hasn't really caught on for unix yet. But it is getting there. If you look at many of the FTP sites, you will see that Lharc is starting to overtake Zoo (like incoming/amiga at abcfd for example). [I just posted a message yesterday admonishing someone to 'say what you mean and mean what you say', I guess my making a similar mistake is justice, eh?] -- John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash