Re: Wolfenstein 3D levels

[schefflr@news.msus.edu (Bill Scheffler)]

:    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

	True.  But then again, there are Zip compatible compressors and
the like available for Macs.  You don't HAVE to use stuffit if you don't
want too...  Maybe some kind soul could unstuff them, and then zip them up
so we could use them?  Maybe place them on an Apple II ftp site?

: 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.

	Hey now, I have a Mac and I'm not a bigot.  I use PCs too (only
when I have too).  Just because I choose to use them doesn't make me
"blind", or a "bigot", ect.  I can run almost anything out there (via
emulators, which I know you dislike).  But if I have to run NT or 95, I
can do so on my Mac in an affordable manner.  I can extract virtually any
archive.  What's so wrong with my choice?  We all got burned by Apple, so
what.  Life moves on.  I like Macs.  It's my CHOICE.  Apple didn't make
me.  It's OUR choice to still use Apple II's when "everyone" else has
moved on.  What's the point?

PS:  For those of you having trouble extracting Stuffit archives, you can
find old classic Macs (plus, se, ect) practically given away.  With a few
phonenet connectors, your GS can be networked and files interchanged that
way.  The price you pay would be about the same as an average piece of
software in the Mac/PC world ($40 - $70 range, maybe less - I got 4
classic macs given to me).

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