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From: rbr@bonnie.ATT.COM (4197,ATTT)
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Subject: uu vs xx and encoding
Keywords: zoo zip arc uuencode xx encode
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Date: 16 Feb 90 16:56:35 GMT
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I vote for ZOO and uuencode/uudecode. I have both ZOO and BOOZ working
on AT&T UNIX V r3.1 and r2.0 as well as my PC. I we must change,
SIMTEL20's archive is mostly .arc's. There are BSD and AT&T PD
versions of ARC on SIMTEL.

FYI, I have used the Beta version of ZOO to backup my HD and then
restore after an M*DOS upgrade. Try that using *BACK. Also the
ability to spec the size of the archive is a neat feature. It prompts
for a new floppy when it needs one. Would be nice if it had the speed
and compression ratios of PKZIP. Could be the nicest feature is that it
doesn't cost me $$$ every few months to assure that I can unpack the
latest. Change is nice but must it be a constant?

Bob Rager