Zoo
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| − | '''ZOO''' was one of the many competing archive formats in the 1980s, and was based on | + | '''ZOO''' was one of the many competing archive formats in the 1980s, and was based (originally, at least) on [[LZW]] compression. It had some popularity with Open/VMS and Amiga systems, but didn't ultimately win out over [[ZIP]]. |
== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
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== Compression == | == Compression == | ||
| − | There are three known compression | + | There are three known compression methods: |
| + | * 0 - uncompressed | ||
| + | * 1 - [[LZW]], also called "LZD" | ||
| + | * 2 - LZH | ||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
* [[Konvertor]] | * [[Konvertor]] | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [http://distcache.freebsd.org/ports-distfiles/zoo-2.10pl1.tar.gz zoo-2.10pl1.tar.gz] |
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/compress/zoo-2.10-3.src.rpm zoo-2.10-3.src.rpm] | * [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/compress/zoo-2.10-3.src.rpm zoo-2.10-3.src.rpm] | ||
* [http://archives.math.utk.edu/software/multi-platform/gap/util/unzoo.c unzoo.c] (Does not support LZW/LZD.) | * [http://archives.math.utk.edu/software/multi-platform/gap/util/unzoo.c unzoo.c] (Does not support LZW/LZD.) | ||
| + | * {{CdTextfiles|carousel/013A/BOOZ102.ZIP|BOOZ102.ZIP}} - Booz (Barebones Ooz) (Does not support LZH.) | ||
| + | * {{Deark}} | ||
== Sample files == | == Sample files == | ||
| − | * | + | * {{CdTextfilesURL|20mnn/GRAPHIX/VT-MOTIO.ZOO}} |
| − | * | + | * {{CdTextfilesURL|aminet0294/AMINET/UTIL/ARC/}} → *.ZOO |
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 4 January 2020
ZOO was one of the many competing archive formats in the 1980s, and was based (originally, at least) on LZW compression. It had some popularity with Open/VMS and Amiga systems, but didn't ultimately win out over ZIP.
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Identification
Files have bytes DC A7 C4 FD at offset 20.
Compression
There are three known compression methods:
- 0 - uncompressed
- 1 - LZW, also called "LZD"
- 2 - LZH
Software
- Konvertor
- zoo-2.10pl1.tar.gz
- zoo-2.10-3.src.rpm
- unzoo.c (Does not support LZW/LZD.)
- BOOZ102.ZIP - Booz (Barebones Ooz) (Does not support LZH.)
- Deark
Sample files
- http://cd.textfiles.com/20mnn/GRAPHIX/VT-MOTIO.ZOO
- http://cd.textfiles.com/aminet0294/AMINET/UTIL/ARC/ → *.ZOO
References
- Wikipedia: Zoo (file format)
- The ZOO Archive File Format from Corion.net, via FileFormat.info
- Archive format info, including ZOO
- ZOO file header format (among other archive types)
