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Re:αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε by latchkey on Monday August 24, 2020 @12:24AM (#24257517)
I remember that. Then in the early 90's it was .sit and .hqx on a Mac.
Re:αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε by ourcat on Monday August 24, 2020 @04:41AM (#24258614)
Not forgetting NNTP Usenet binaries and the evolution from UUEncoded files to YEnc-oded files.

Truly magical days.

Re:αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε by aasasd on Monday August 24, 2020 @12:59PM (#24262628)
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: