Asteroid

File Format
Name	Asteroid
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Transfer Encodings Asteroid
Extension(s)	.ast
Released	~1996

Asteroid is a binary-to-text encoding utility and format. It was developed by W. J. G. Overington.

Identification

For v1.0, at least, an encoded file starts with ASCII "This file is coded using the ASTEROID system.".

Specifications

• Refer to the source code, or any encoded file, for a description of the format.

Software

• asteroid.zip (DOS binary + source code)