that old macrar app sucks, as it is not supported by most modern apps, especially it is incompatible with the "usual" *nix rar on OSX.
Yes, you are true. But Imagine this scenario: Win x86 machine with WinRAR 5
and WinRAR 2.5
There you could
decode v.5 files, make them native (plain files) and then
encode with WinRAR 2.5. In that way we could use MacRAR 2.5 on OS9. Maybe we can
force WinRAR v.5 to make 2.5 compatible files.
The same workflow could happen with MacZIP or ZipIt.
This is like the DMG case in OS9. Some work and some don't. Let's find out why and how to make it work always.
that old macrar app sucks, as it is not supported by most modern apps, especially it is incompatible with the "usual" *nix rar on OSX.
What if we use the same OS9 native app to encode files on Classic environment (OSX compatibility mode)? It should be "more compatible" than using OSX "only" modern .ZIP
We also should look on the limits on the "Splitters" software. Maybe they do not support files bigger tha 2 Gig, but it worth looking. We use 2015 big files with 90's software. Probably the limit is HFS on the older one.
I know most of you are using Stuffit for more than 15 years... But I keep watching .zip files on Garden and even here.