WSCART01@ULKYVX.BITNET (06/30/89)
<But, here is my problem with ZOO usage (my two cents, no discussion required), <I am a SYSOP of a BBS. The common archive method is ZIP, with ARC second. <So what I have to do now is unZOO the file and then ZIP up so that my users <can get at the file. The last thing they want is another archive program. < <Also, even though it has been pointed out to me that ZOO will work across <many systems, the programs posted to c.b.i.p will only work on PCs. So <who cares if they can be unZOOd on another computer. They sure ain't gonna <work there. I find it rather insulting that some IBM users would rather not have a standard protocal such as ZOO but would rather use the ZIP archive format. If it were just IBM programs that were in ZIP format, I could possably understand. That is not the case. GIF files are an example. GIF files are ment to be utilized over a wide number of computer types. It is a shame that some BBS put them in ZIP format. It's foolish! The point is, other computer types do utilize your programs and information. Please use ZOO. Stuart Carter | University of Louisville | This space for rent!
bk@kullmar.se (Bo Kullmar) (07/02/89)
WSCART01@ULKYVX.BITNET writes: ><But, here is my problem with ZOO usage (my two cents, no discussion required), ><I am a SYSOP of a BBS. The common archive method is ZIP, with ARC second. > I find it rather insulting that some IBM users would rather not have a I think that it is a fact that a normal PC user do not use Zoo. It is the unix/usenet community that has chosen zoo, not the PC community! The BBS:s in Sweden use LHARC, PKZIP or PKPAK. I do not think that they ever have heard of Zoo! I think that it is easy to understand why the unix community did chose Zoo for the PC archives and it is also easy to understand why the PC community chose lharc or zip. I have heard a rumor that ZIP version 1.00 Beta pack as good as LHARC but does it faster than LHARC! Maybe the Americans can beat the Japanese! --- Bo Kullmar, Helsingoersg. 38, S-164 42 KISTA, Sweden, Phone +46 8 7511518 UUCP: {uunet,mcvax,munnari,cernvax,diku,inria,prlb2,tut,ukc,unido} !sunic!kullmar!bk Internet: bk@kullmar.se
andre@targon.UUCP (andre) (07/04/89)
In article <576@kullmar.se> bk@kullmar.se (Bo Kullmar) writes: >WSCART01@ULKYVX.BITNET writes: >><But, here is my problem with ZOO usage (my two cents, no discussion required), >><I am a SYSOP of a BBS. The common archive method is ZIP, with ARC second. >> I find it rather insulting that some IBM users would rather not have a >I think that it is a fact that a normal PC user do not use Zoo. It is the >unix/usenet community that has chosen zoo, not the PC community! A normal PC user also still uses edlin :-) (couldn't help myself) more seriously, in comp.binaries ibm pc there are also postings of documentation and sources. It is very handy to be able to look into an archive before downloading it and spending money on downloading. Also, the pkarc and arc structures have changed over time so that users get the 'I think you need a newer version of arc' message and can't use the stuff before they get their hands on a new version. Zoo is always downward compatible (that's in its copyright notice) and you can always unpack something on unix before downloading, remember news is build on a network of unix machines. -- ~----~ |m AAA DDDD It's not the kill, but the thrill of the chase. ~|d1|~@-- AA AAvv vvDD DD Segment registers are for worms. ~----~ & AAAAAAAvv vvDD DD ~~~~~~ -- AAA AAAvvvDDDDDD Andre van Dalen, uunet!hp4nl!targon!andre