============================= Zoom 5.3a ==============================
======================================================================
A  floppy disk tracking and archiving utility, written by Olaf `Olsen'
Barthel   of   MXM.    ©   Copyright   1990,1991   by   MXM,  Lh  data
compression/decompression  code  ©  Copyright  1990,1991  by Holger P.
Krekel & Olaf Barthel.  Shareware, all rights reserved.
   No  guarantee  of any kind is made that the program(s) described in
this  document  are  100% reliable.  You use this material on your own
risk.

                          About This Release
                          ==================
   This  is  a  solid  and polished rewrite of the original `Zoom' 4.2
program.  Many (lots of!) bugs have been fixed and new features added.
Unlike  the previous release this revision has survived intensive beta
testing across the last few months.
   The file format `Zoom' outputs has changed substancially and can no
longer be decompressed by older `Zoom' releases.  Nevertheless, `Zoom'
5.3a will still read and decompress older style archives.

                                  -

   This  release is being distributed in the form of a self-extracting
archive  file.  To obtain the distribution files, enter the Shell/CLI,
type  `Zoom53a.SFX'  and  press  return,  the  following files will be
created in the current directory:

                    Release Date: 13-Dec-91, 19:49

         Zoom           (CRC = $9466EC9D, Size = 80032 Bytes)
         Zoom.info
         CRC            (CRC = $4F5177B9, Size =  4104 Bytes)

         Zoom.doc                        (Size = 30370 Bytes)

   Use  the  CRC  utility  to  verify  if the `Zoom53a.SFX' file is in
correct  state  (enter  `CRC Zoom53a.SFX' and press return).  The WRAP
checksums of all executable files (Zoom and CRC) should be zero.

   For  those  who  need  to  write additional file integrity checking
tools, I have provided a separate tool, it is included (along with the
`C' source code) in the Support directory:

  ZoomCheck   (CRC = $A9032803, WRAP = $268F2443, Size = 9832 Bytes)
  ZoomCheck.c (CRC = $A6D28603, WRAP = $321DE33E, Size = 9801 Bytes)


                    Release Date: 13-Dec-91, 19:54

  Zoom53a.SFX (CRC = $5B204090, WRAP = $C09BCD04, Size 73704 Bytes)

   If  the  checksums  do not match the given samples, the archive has
been accidentally corrupted or deliberately modified!
   If  you  don't  trust the checksums, send me a letter or electronic
mail (adresses listed below) and ask for the `factory checksums':

                             Olaf Barthel
                          Brabeckstrasse 35
                          D-3000 Hannover 71

                     Federal Republic of Germany

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