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- Some information on the programs I (Ben Jos Walbeehm) write:
-
- I mostly write very small programs (This info file is larger than most of my
- programs :-) ). These programs are written primarily for my own comfort, but
- anyone who thinks these programs are useful to him/her, may have my programs,
- provided that s/he abides by the following "rules":
-
- - Any program written by me (Ben Jos Walbeehm) that has been designated by
- me as being "freeware", may be:
- ˛ copied as often as one wishes,
- ˛ GIVEN to anyone who wants to have it (and even to anyone who does not
- want to have it). I strongly recommend you always include a copy of
- the file you are now reading as well.
-
- - Any program written by me (Ben Jos Walbeehm) that has been designated by
- me as being "freeware", may NOT be:
- ˛ modified,
- ˛ reverse engineered, unless for the purpose of studying it,
- ˛ sold, although a small amount of money (usually US$10) is permitted
- for materials and handling.
-
- - Any program written by me (Ben Jos Walbeehm) is provided "as is": I cannot
- be held responsible for any damage caused by the use, abuse, or misuse of
- any of my programs.
-
- - Anyone who uses my programs should be aware of these "rules".
-
- - Anyone who does not wish to follow these rules is prohibited to use any of
- my programs.
-
- Sorry to bug you with all this, but these rules merely reflect my ideas of
- honesty and fairness ...
-
-
- The programs I write are usually either written in Assembly or Pascal (but I
- should add that I usually put large parts of Assembly in my Pascal programs,
- primarily for reasons of compactness -- I just like my programs to be as
- small as possible), and unless explicitly stated differently, they are 8086
- compatible. Although I am the proud owner of an i486DX2-66 based machine, I
- think I shall stop supporting the 8086 only after someone has shown me that
- 8086 based machines are extinct.
-
- All programs support the "/?"-switch to display help about the program in
- question (e.g. type "DC /?" and hit Enter). In addition to this, the help
- screens for programs written in ASSEMBLY (they always have the extension
- ".COM" -- as opposed to ".EXE" for (compiled) Pascal programs), can also be
- displayed by using "TYPE" (e.g. type "TYPE CALENDAR.COM" and hit Enter).
-
- I usually do NOT use Borland Pascal 7.0 (by Borland International), mainly
- because I consider it overkill for such small programs. I have added this
- line just in case you wanted to ask me about this.
-
- Since I do not pay any attention to 99.99% of the utilities written by others
- (maybe I should!), it may well be that there already are similar programs as
- mine written by others. These similar programs may be better, worse, longer,
- shorter, slower, faster, ... than mine, but, as I said earlier, I do not care
- since I write my programs primarily for my own comfort, and I only include
- support for performing actions that I consider useful. Which does absolutely
- not mean that I am not open to suggestions. On the contrary, I am!
-
- Finally, I should like to know if my programs are appreciated. You do NOT
- have to send me money (although I shall not send it back if you do), but I
- would like it very much if you wrote me an e-mail if you appreciate any of
- my programs. Feel free to e-mail me also if you have any suggestions, remarks,
- questions, or whatever you may have about my programs. But please do not ask
- me for complete source codes, for as a rule that I try not to break, I do not
- give these away -- they are my only way (no matter how rudimentary that way
- is) of showing that *I* am the author (do not know what purpose that would
- serve though). And please, do not ask me to send you anything by snail mail
- ... unless you want it very desperately and are prepared to cover my expenses.
-
-
- Thank you for reading this, and enjoy my program(s),
-
- Ben Jos. January 3, 1994.
-
-
- Ben Jos Walbeehm (Please get my first name right, it is "Ben Jos".)
- Lijsterbeslaan 20
- 5248 BB Rosmalen
- The Netherlands
- Phone : +31 4192 14345 (The best time (GMT) to get hold of me is at night!)
- E-mail: Walbeehm@fsw.ruu.nl
-