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From: ee88ppk@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK (KAVANAGH Peter Paul Damien)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: What is a zoo file?
Summary: Zoo files and problems.
Keywords: Zoo, IR decoders.
Message-ID: <1990May26.134949.8760@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK>
Date: 26 May 90 13:49:49 GMT
References: <3347@zeta.oakhill.UUCP>
Distribution: sci.electronics
Organization: University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK. GU2 5XH
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In article <3347@zeta.oakhill.UUCP> rand@oakhill.UUCP (Rand Gray) writes:
>I noticed a few days ago a reference to a schematic for an IR
>decoder or some such which was available in a uuencoded zoo file.
>Can someone describe what is a zoo file?  And, of course, what

Well, a zoo file is a 'packed' data file. You need a program to unpack this 
file, which runs on PC compatibles. 

As the original posting stated, you first need to run the file through uudecode,
a Unix program to convert an ASCII file back to its original binary version.

After transferring the file ( using KERMIT or other file transfer ) to a PC,
running the ZOO program produces a .DOC file ( containing the instructions )
and a .GIF file ( containing the schematic.

However, when I tried this, the ZOO program threw up some error messages!
All that I could figure was that the original posting must have had some
errors when we received it. Could it be re-posted, please? ( Or email to me
at the address below. ).

Hope this answers your question.