rand@oakhill.UUCP (Rand Gray) (05/26/90)
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 utility is required to display it (I assume it's a graphical representation). Rand Gray Motorola Microprocessor Products Group Austin, Texas
ee88ppk@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK (KAVANAGH Peter Paul Damien) (05/26/90)
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.
mjw06513@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mary Winters) (05/28/90)
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. -- uv@f69.n233.z1.fidonet.org Suffering from PMS (Presentation Manager Syndrome)
jeff@carroll1.cc.edu (Jeff Bartig) (05/29/90)
In article <1990May26.134949.8760@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK> ee88ppk@EE.Surrey.Ac.UK (KAVANAGH Peter Paul Damien) writes: |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. ZOO is available for many different systems. I have both the IBM PC and Unix versions. I believe it is also available for the Atari ST, Amiga, Mac, and VMS. |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. ). I just uudecoded it and tested the zoo file on our Unix system. ZOO said that the archive was just fine. You probably forgot to use binary mode when transfering the file to your PC. The ZOO version does not need to be reposted. Perhaps the two files contained in the ZOO archive should be posted separately for those who do not have ZOO. It there is interest in this, I could do it. Jeff -- Jeff Bartig, Carroll College | "The sooner you fall jeff@carroll1.cc.edu | behind, the more time you uunet!marque!carroll1!jeff | have to catch up."