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From: cteixeir@nyx.cs.du.edu (Carlos Teixeira)
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Subject: Re: LINE: ansi-art ld-fd.ans (39k)
Date: 8 Jun 1994 20:20:21 -0600
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References: <9406070356.AA19108@davinci.icad.puc-rio.br>
 <paul.61.2DF56EC1@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de>

In article <paul.61.2DF56EC1@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de>,
Paul Foerster <paul@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>In article <9406070356.AA19108@davinci.icad.puc-rio.br> cat@icad.puc-rio.br (Carlos Alberto Teixeira) writes:
>>Subject: LINE: ansi-art ld-fd.ans (39k)
>>             ----
>>This is more ANSI-art: pkZip 2.04g XXencoded, not UUencoded. Enjoy!
>>             ----                  ^^
>>section 1 of xxencode 5.22 of file ld-fd.zip    by R.E.M.
>>begin 644 ld-fd.zip
>[moved to trash]
>>end
>
>... I never heard of xxencode. So let's generate some questions from scratch:
>
>  1. Why wasn't it posted uuencoded? So, people have to go and look for
>     xxencode. Everyone already has uuencode.
>  2. What the hell is xxencode? Sounds a little like a coder for X-windows.
>     But i'm wrong with this, or not?
>  3. Where can i get xxencode? Or will ya post (or make otherwise accessible)
>     a uuencoded version?
>
>And no flames, please! I read the FAQ and couldn't find anything about 
>xxencode or xxdecode!
>
>
>
>--
>
>                .odbo.
>            .od88888888bo.                  Paul Foerster
>        .od8888888888888888bo.
>    .od888888888888888888888888bo.          paul@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de
> od88888888888888888888888888888888bo
>  `~888888888888888888888888888888~'
>     `~888888888888888888888888~'|          "Beam me up Scotty, there's no
>        `~888888888888888888~'   |              intelligent life down here!"
>          |`~888888888888~'|     |
>          \   `~888888~'   /     A
>           `-_   `~~'   _-'      H
>              `--____--'
>
>
>

About xxencode/xxdecode:           
 
It's a replacement for uuencode/uudecode for UNIX, MS-DOS, 
and VM/CMS which uses a gateway-transparent dataset.
Contributor: David Camp <david%wubios@wucs1.wustl.edu>
 
You can get xxdecode/xxencode via anon-ftp from:
 
       oak.oakland.edu:/pub2/unix-c/mail/xxcp.tar.Z
 
If you are an Unix newbie (as myself), do as follows
to compile it:
 
   uncompress xxcp.tar.Z
   tar -xvf xxcp.tar
   cd xxcp/src
   make
 
And presto, you'll have xxencode and xxdecode executables.
 
If you are a PC (ms-dos) user, get the ready executables 
from xxcp/bin directory.
 
If you had problems before, try once more. The files worth it.
Good ANSI viewing!
 
- c.a.t.
 
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