Asteroid

File Format
Name	Asteroid
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Transfer Encodings Asteroid
Extension(s)	.ast
Released	~1996

Asteroid is a binary-to-text encoding utility and format. It was developed by W. J. G. Overington.

Specifications

• Refer to the source code, or any encoded file, for a description of the format.

Identification

For v1.0, at least, an encoded file starts with ASCII "This file is coded using the ASTEROID system.".

Software

• asteroid.zip (DOS binary + source code)