Re: Wolfenstein 3D levels

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <h1YHPFv.kws@delphi.com>,  <kws@delphi.com> wrote:
>>Depsite that, it still would be nice to see a stand alone program
>>that would handle modern StuffIt archives on the _Apple II_, for those
>>out there without PC's or Mac's.

>That would cost money.

   Unless, as I've commented on many times earlier in this thread, the
spec for modern StuffIt was publically available and someone could do
a third party implementation. 

   Despite what some Mac whitewashers would like to say, I didn't
bring up this gripe against Stuffit this time *either*; it was others
trying to get Mac Wolf3D levels working this time that brought up the
fact that GSHK can't unpack them. This is comp.sys.*apple2*, not
comp.sys.expensive-dongles-to-unpack-modern-stuffit-archives. Apple II
users are the ones who can't unpack those files precisely because of a
proprietary file format being used for public data transmission.

   Stuffit may be a standard for Mac stuff, but it could be better,
starting with the specs being made available to those who wanted to
make third party decompressors. But, some of those who refuse to hear
anything bad about Macs or their software will blindly support it
without thinking-- at least we're not hearing any bull about Stuffit's
proprietary nature being more 'secure' this year, but that may soon
change as these MacBigots(tm) get more and more hardpressed to defend
their irrational positions.

Nathan Mates
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