OT (fwd) Looking to resurrect .ZZZ archive file from Kaypro/CPM days

Since I don't think this got a usable reply on list it came from and it sounds like some people on this list had a Kaypro, I decided to see if we are geeky enough that someone has an answer. The closest I got to finding a solution at the time was someone who said it sounded familiar - didn't have a Kaypro and my CP/M machine is long gone. Most of the people on the list it came from probably would not consider themselves geeks and I'm sure have wondered what I'm good for when I displayed such tendencies.

                         Pat

>
> I have a user (professor) who, way back, archived some work in some
> files with a .ZZZ extension. He has succeeded in transferring them
> from his old Kaypro (running the CPM OS) to his Windows machine, but
> he can't find a program that will unzip them (e.g. WinZip won't do
> it). He doesn't recall the name of the program that created the file
> - memory fades...
>
> For all I know, .ZZZ may have been just what he decided to designate
> as the file extension, rather than the result of a standard naming
> convention. But I thought I'd see if the .ZZZ file extension rings
> any bells with anyone out there. Searching on the web yields lots of
> documents containing "ZZZ" in them, but, wading through these, I have
> been unable to find anything that seems relevant to my question.
> (This matter of .ZZZ archive files - if it really is a matter at all -
> seems to fall outside the range of history covered on the web.)
>
> I would be grateful if anyone out there could offer some answeres,
> insights, or suggestions regarding this matter.
>

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