![]() This, specifically, is why I tend to prefer running Classic Mac OS and OS X 10.2/3/4 servers for my vintage macs and on bridge machines, and having this available is a lot of why I am running vtools. ![]() you are using server software that is not aware of vintage Mac files.you have personal nostalgia for the tool.Today, the only reason to use any of these tools is either: Almost none of these projects have a single person actually setting standards, and even if there is, people aren't following them. Those two things together mean that most vintage Mac software archives come across as ill considered overall, because, well, they are. tar.gz file or why someone would have tried to image a boot CD with toast. I can't think of any other reason why someone would put vintage mac software into a rar or.People contributing to software archives didn't necessarily prepare their files with an intent to be used where they are, and, may not have taken into account what other people have or what their workflows are like.Stuffit happened to be fine for some of the role it got in the early years of the Internet but most of that was because every single Mac magazine cover disc was still shipping with the newest version of the expander, and the expander was included in the OS and with most commercial software and with packs like the apple internet connection kit.It was a file management tool that has its roots in the specific computing environment of the '80s and '90s and most of its foibles come down to the way people interacted with it and with Macs in those decades To add to this point: Stuffit wasn't meant for long-term historical preservation. ![]()
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