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		latchkey on Aug 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε I remember that. Then in the early 90's it was .sit and .hqx on a Mac.

ourcat on Aug 24, 2020 | [–]

Not forgetting NNTP Usenet binaries and the evolution from UUEncoded files to YEnc-oded files.

Truly magical days.

aasasd on Aug 24, 2020 | [–]

I ran into that conundrum just recently with emulating old MacOS for gaming purposes. Software on abandonware sites is distributed as images for a proprietary program. :thonk:

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