Re: UNSIT???

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5en08f$esq@news-central.tiac.net>,
William Waters <billtr@tiac.net> wrote:
>Is there any way to 'unsit' (decomprees 'sit' files) on a IIGS?

   Only the really old .sit files can be read and uncompressed by GS
Shrinkit (GSHK). Newer ones can't be done on a GS. I rather dislike
the 'no spec publically available for the compression algorithms' of
Mac compressors (new Stuffit/Compact Pro) that basically ensures that
without a Mac, your file is unopenable.

   If people want to be able transfer files, they should make the
spec publically documented and hopefully source code as well. That
or use a lowest common denominator readable by everything such as
raw text.

Nathan Mates

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