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Rar is still common to this day for the same reason since the beginning: The scene standardized around rar in the 90s (after arj). https://scenerules.org/ http
by 0points 1y ago
Rar is still common to this day for the same reason since the beginning: The scene standardized around rar in the 90s (after arj).
https://scenerules.org/ https://scenerules.org/
- stingraycharles 1y agoThat's mostly because it allows files to be split up in parts, and as such making incremental transfers easier in case a connection is lost, right?
- pjmlp 1y agoIncremental, as in, could be easily split accross several floppies. These tools got famous in the scene before Internet was widespread.