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     Notes on the Amiga version of Zoo. (2.00)

         Please see  the file  changes which should have been included with
     this distribution for a list of the changes from the  previous version
     of AmigaZoo.

         AmigaZoo supports  full-length AmigaDOS  filenames and can archive
     and restore a directory structure.

         Note, for adding comments to an archive, the Amiga's eof character
     is a control \.

         Thanks to some suggestions from a single drive user,  this release
     of AmigaZoo has two commands to try and make their  life a  little bit
     easier when  using AmigaZoo.   The  first is  a command line option to
     AmigaZoo that causes it to wait  for the  user to  press return before
     doing any  disk I/O.   If  a "w" is the first character in the command
     AmigaZoo will wait for return. (zoo wx zfile) The other  is a program,
     included in  this distribution,  that sets  the behavior of the system
     back to how it was before a cd  command is  issued.   This should make
     single drive  users a  little less  loath to  use the cd command.  The
     program is called 'uncd'.

          AmigaZoo can be used advantageously with a pipe device.  Though I
     have yet  to see  a shell that allows them to be used effortlessly,  I
     have heard that they  exist and  would appreciate  pointers to  a good
     one.   One use  of a  pipe that  comes to  mind, is  the use of a find
     program, to archive a directory tree.  A find program  by Rodney Lewis
     was posted  to usenet  that serves  nicely for this.  One way of using
     this with the current CLI is to have  two CLI's  and type  into one of
     them "find  >p:list -type f -name *.c -print" then type into the other
     window "zoo <p:list aI zfile".  This assumes  that the  pipe device is
     called p:.  The same effect can be done with ram: instead of pipes but
     that will not allow both to  run concurrently.   Another  use of pipes
     and AmigaZoo  would be to use the "xp" option of zoo and output a text
     file to a paging program such as 'less' though a pipe.

          If you do not have the above mentioned find program and/or a pipe
     device for your Amiga,  if you send me a self addressed stamped return
     mailer and a disk I will put these programs on a disk and mail it back
     to you if you send me the disk before July 1, 1988.  If you would like
     me to wait until the next release of AmigaZoo is ready so you get that
     too please let me know.

          Please distribute all the files in this package together.

          This version  of AmigaZoo  has some  known bugs in the generation
     features new to this release.  These are being fixed and a new release
     will be made shortly.  They do not affect normal use.  This version is
     being released,  as it is felt to  offer significant  benefit over the
     previous release,   and  the MSDOS  version is out and this will allow
     full manipulation of Zoo 2.00 archives  by  Amiga  users.    As  a new





     release will  be coming  out shortly,  maintainers of disk collections
     may not want to include this version,  but instead  wait for  the next
     release.   If they  do want to include this version however,  they are
     welcome to, subject to the conditions below.

         AmigaZoo is a user supported program.   Zoo  was written  by Rahul
     Dhesi and  modified to  run on the Amiga by J. Brian Waters.  With the
     consent of  the author,  I am  requesting a  $10-$20 contribution from
     satisfied users.  This contribution is voluntary and you need not feel
     any guilt if you do not contribute.   Any contributions  received will
     go toward  one of  three things:   firstly, and most importantly, they
     will be used to acquire any tools which  may appear  on the  market to
     help make  AmigaZoo better, like more optimizing C compilers or better
     debuggers;   secondly, it  will be  used to  help defray  the costs of
     distributing Zoo;  thirdly, if any money is still remaining it will be
     used to buy some  shares of  Commodore stock.   In  any case,  you are
     encouraged to  use and  distribute this program in accordance with the
     conditions below.

          AmigaZoo is a derivative work of  a program  copyrighted by Rahul
     Dhesi  and  as  such  is  subject  to  the  following  limitations  on
     distribution:

                 Distribution of the executable  AmigaZoo is permitted
               subject to  the following conditions.  Any violation of
               these conditions may lead  to damages  in favor  of the
               copyright owner.

                 AmigaZoo 2.00  may be  duplicated and distributed, or
               made available for downloading  via telecommunications,
               for  no  fee  above  normal  connect  charges.    It is
               prohibited to distribute  AmigaZoo  with  any copyright
               notices  removed.    It  is  prohibited  to  distribute
               AmigaZoo and not allow  the  recipient  to redistribute
               it.   This file  should be included in any distribution
               of AmigaZoo.

            Please note that AmigaZoo has different distribution conditions
     than  the  portable  version  of  Zoo.    These  conditions  allow any
     telecommunications service which does not claim a compilation right or
     charge  a  surcharge  to  distribute  the  AmigaZoo executable.  These
     conditions allow AmigaZoo to be included on a  disk sold  at any price
     so long as you allow the recipient to redistribute AmigaZoo.

     Bug reports, suggestions, contributions etc. should be sent to:

     UUCP: {ihnp4 | backbone}!iuvax!bsu-cs!jbwaters
                       or  uunet!bsu-cs!jbwaters

     GEnie: JBWATERS
     US Mail:   J. Brian Waters
                c/o The Mackey Residence
                1307 Alden Rd.
                Muncie, IN 47304