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Re: Wolfenstein 3D levels



 Jeff said:

 SSN| : By the way, if StuffIt supports other packing formats, why do
    | all the : Mac users continue to use the proprietary StuffIt
    | format instead of : one of the non-proprietary formats that is

One word: forks.

And yes, some foo' did once run LemminGS or Diamonds through PKZIP and
post on an web archive once.  Needless to say it didn't work.

The question should be:  why does anyone use a proprietary format on a
file that is of universal use/appeal?  It really peeves me when I find
a file I *know* is TXT/JPG/GIF/etc posted somewhere as either self-
extracting file or an archiving scheme that I can't get into properly.

                                                        << mush >>

part of the FontPimp team, who can't unStuff a Mac TrueType on his GS
so he converts the Windows TrueType version into something GS-usable

 * 2qwk! 2.04 * OPTIMIZE: Make your computer unusable for at least 1/2 an hour
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yet another annoying post by brian.hammack@rook.wa.com -- deal with it.