help on DOS!

how do i view these .vt.z files on a DOS machine?what programs do i
need?
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Bill Risher (bil...@midwest.net) wrote:
: how do i view these .vt.z files on a DOS machine?what programs do i
: need?

These animations were meant to be viewed on any VT terminal (VT100, VT102,
etc.).  If you have access to a UNIX account, copy the .vt.z file to your
shell, then zcat file.vt.z.  If zcat is not available, gzip -d or gunzip
file.vt.z then cat file.vt.  Make sure you're using VT emulation when
viewing these files.

Bill Risher wrote:
> 
> how do i view these .vt.z files on a DOS machine?what programs do i
> need?



LINUX

John Henshaw (joh...@imc4.eej.ulst.ac.uk) wrote:
: Bill Risher wrote:
: > 
: > how do i view these .vt.z files on a DOS machine?what programs do i
: > need?

: LINUX

No you don't. As far as I have been able to do, after gunzipping a *.vt 
file, on my PC, I just "type filename.vt" and the animation just bounces 
along nicely.

Greg

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