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Article #39854Re: LHARC source and UNIX
From: L.J.Dickey
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1989 04:46
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1989 04:46
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In article <51989@ccicpg.UUCP> paulm@ccicpg.UUCP (Paul Moreau ) writes:
>Well it seems that the LHARC is going to take over the atari archiving
>world.
Don't jump to conclusions Paul. This does not seem too likely to me.
I tried that program on a file that was posted a couple of months ago.
It was a disaster.
> I for one use a UNIX system for posting and recieving news
> and binaries. I uudecode, and unarc on the unix system and examine
> the stuff before going through the expense of going home,
> making a ... call to work and download the stuff.
I agree and sympathize with the writer here. I do much the same thing.
However, I would insist that a program be significantly better before
we switch to it. It takes a lot of effort to bring a large body of
users on line to the use of new software. Readers may recall that
I asked about ZOO and whether or not it was really better. I am convinced.
It does offer significant improvement over ARC, and now use both ZOO
(and ARC) on three systems.
Now, I ask, can anyone speak up for LHARC ? Is it really any better
than ARC ? I can testify that it is harder to use! I doubt if
it is better than ZOO. If I am right about this, perhaps we should
just let it lie in peace.
--
L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo.
ljdickey@water.UWaterloo.ca ljdickey@water.BITNET
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!maytag!water!ljdickey From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: LHARC source and UNIX Keywords: No source, no like. Message-ID: <2873@water.waterloo.edu> Date: 26 Dec 89 04:46:25 GMT References: <51989@ccicpg.UUCP> Reply-To: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 33