What is MacBooz 2.X?

GENERAL INFORMATION

This program is based on Rahul Dhesi's Zoo archive format and Booz archive extraction program, widely used on Unix, MS-DOS, Amiga, and VMS systems.

This version, MacBooz 2.1, was written by Michael Niehaus at Ball State University.

SELECTION DIALOG

This dialog takes the concept of wildcard selections and brings it to the Macintosh.

Unix-style wildcards are used. For example:

A10*.?

would select all files starting with "A10" and ending with a single character extension.

OPENING AN ARCHIVE

MacBooz checks the format of all opened files to make sure that they are valid Zoo files.

MacBooz uses a file type of 'Zoo ' and a creator of 'Booz'. Double clicking on a file with these types will start up MacBooz and open the file.

DOWNLOADING AN ARCHIVE FILE

Zoo archive files must be downloaded in Binary mode. Control characters are likely in the files.

VMS Zoo files must be converted with BILF on the VMS system before being downloaded. See the BILF documentation for more info.

TEXT CONVERSION

MacBooz can convert text files from Unix/VMS formats to Macintosh format. Select the option in the Conversion menu.

TEXT FILES

Files extracted by MacBooz are saved with a creator of 'MWII' and a type of 'TEXT'.

SUGGESTIONS

Please, send me suggestions and comments about MacBooz:

Michael Niehaus
Rural Route 1 Box 369
Ferdinand, IN 47532
UUCP: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu

Copyright 1990 by Michael Niehaus. This program may be distributed freely.

Download MacBooz 2.X for Mac

Architecture

Other/Non-Mac architecture

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Basilisk II