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V1.2 release draws near + more things to ftp on unmvax.cs.unm.edu
Dear Folks,
V1.2 should be mailed to you sometime next week. Once it's
out, we'll start making a list of what runs and what doesn't run
under it. I have also received permission to use unmvax.cs.unm.edu
to store publically distributable ( = public domain + shareware )
progams in Apple Double format, so you can just ftp them over and
double-click on them, once you have V1.2. Our beta testers can do
that now.
When you use FTP, remember to use "binary" mode and to take
both forks of each file.
The machine is unmvax.cs.unm.edu, the directory is
/pub/ardi/Apps. There's also a "Submissions" directory that you can
put stuff for people to share (please, only publically distributable
stuff). I'll have someone from ARDI take a look at whatever turns up
in Submissions and transfer it to Apps as appropriate.
To start things off I put a handful of games out there: Cairo
ShootOut! Golf (a solitaire game), Artillery, IAGO, Engel's Enigma,
BlackBox, Precision Cribbage, MISSLE GAME, Hot Air Balloon, GunShy
and Amazing. None of these are real exciting, but that's frequently
how Publically Distributable stuff is, but some of the games are
really great for kids.
SimAnt runs with only one minor flaw (which may be fixed by
the time we freeze V1.2), but of course you have to buy your own copy
of that to run it.
--Cliff
p.s. Yes, we are still working on the big ticket applications; very
little time has been put into the games, but they do make good tests
for Executor, so we have tried many of them out and are sharing the
ones that work.