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From: mjw06513@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mary Winters)
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Subject: What is a ZOO file? (was Re: IR Zapper Plans: Here They Are!)
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Date: 28 May 90 16:14:05 GMT
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In article <23578@rphroy.UUCP> rhaar@rcsac1.UUCP (Bob Haar CS50) writes:
>
>What is a ZOO file? I have seen references to a ZOO utility for
>MS-DOS that is some kind of archiver or file compressor. Is this
>the same? Is there a corresponding ZOO utility for UNIX systems?


Yes, ZOO is a file compression/archiving utility. I chose ZOO because the 
source code is freely available and it has been ported to scads of different
platforms (including UNIX, MS-DOS, the Mac, and Amiga). I don't know 
offhand where you can get the sources, but I know they're available all over
the place (including many BBSi and anonymous ftp sites). And speaking of
anonymous ftp sites, the Zapper plans (as well as other video control info)
now have an official directory of their own on mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu
[128.174.73.105]. You'll find the uncompressed versions of the Zapper plans
(including the recently posted PostScript schematic) as well as some other
stuff in the video directory there. If anyone out there has anything nifty
in the way of video equipment control specs/software/projects, we welcome
your contributions. 


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