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From: srm@occrsh.ATT.COM
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Zip Codes, dBASE
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Date: 4 Aug 90 21:39:00 GMT
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/* ---------- "Re: Zip Codes, dBASE" ---------- */

For those interested, one can request a 9-track tape from the U.S. Postal
Service that contains all the 5-digit zips for all 50 states plus misc.
U.S. territories.  I got one a few years ago.  It was free for the asking.
There is also a set of tapes for 9-digit zips available.  Be ready for
about 12 tapes.  The data stored is in fixed length for easy parsing.
You may need to specify a blocking factor.  The tapes I received were
in the form of 12K bytes per block.  Some tape drives may not handle
more than 8K.  Being on an AT&T UNIX machine, I used 'dd' to read in.
-- 
Steven R. McMaster            UNIX(R) mail:  ...!uunet!att!occrsh!srm
AT&T Network Systems
Oklahoma City Works           Any opinions expressed in the message above are
srm@occrsh.att.com            mine, and not necessarily AT&T's.