don@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Donald R Lloyd) (12/13/89)
I just ftp'd this file from from xanth to the Sun 4 at school, and
am wondering if it's worth my time to download it....
The file is over 1 1/2 megs long! Would I be able to download it onto
my HD and unzoo it, or does zoo try to read the entire file into memory?
(Seems to me it doesn't, but when I'm unzooing something I normally either
pop open another shell in front of it & work on something else, or I leave
the room & head for the kitchen/bathroom/car/whatever -- so I've really
never paid attention...)
I assume this is the original NewTek demo, not the NewTek Demo 3
(which someone on this newsgroup mentioned recently was being posted to
xanth).
One other question -- assuming I can get it unzooed, how easily
could I transfer it to floppies? Does it expect certain files to be
on certain disks with certain volume names, etc..?
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here. DISCLAIMER: It's all YOUR fault.tadguy@cs.odu.edu (Tad Guy) (12/15/89)
In article <5304@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> don@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Donald R Lloyd) writes: > I just ftp'd this file from from xanth to the Sun 4 at school, and > am wondering if it's worth my time to download it.... > > The file is over 1 1/2 megs long! Would I be able to download it onto > my HD and unzoo it, or does zoo try to read the entire file into memory? Zoo reads as it goes, not all at once. However, if you're concerned about the size, why not install Zoo on your Sun and break the archive down on your machine before downloading it to your Amiga? (UNIX zoo is available via ftp from xanth in /pub/zoo-2.01 and from any comp.sources.unix archive site). > I assume this is the original NewTek demo, not the NewTek Demo 3 > (which someone on this newsgroup mentioned recently was being posted > to xanth). Correct. /amiga/newtek-1.zoo is ``NewTek Demo Reel 1''. I am, at this very moment, warp'ing Demo Reel 3, and will post an announcement when it's available... (I'm doing this in an X window on my Sun-3/80, using DNET's shell server. Too cool, Matt.) > One other question -- assuming I can get it unzooed, how > easily could I transfer it to floppies? Does it expect certain > files to be on certain disks with certain volume names, etc..? It contains .WRP files and the Warp command. Warp faithfully (well, it tries) to reproduce the original disk, including labels and such. All you have to do is say ``warp write filename.wrp'' and put a disk in df0:, and when it's done, you have a copy of the original disk... ...tad