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- This is version TIN 1.3 PL0 BETA 950726 of TIN - an NNTP (with AmiTCP) and
- local newsreader. While the word "BETA" is still in the name, the code is
- as stable (probably more so) than any previous version of TIN that has
- been released for the Amiga. Some bugs have been fixed relative to the
- last release of TIN 1.3, but perhaps the most important reason for making
- this release is the significant speed increase when entering and indexing
- newsgroups.
-
- The binary distributed here is compiled with optimization, and has no
- debug information in it. I can often track down bugs given a good bug
- report, but if you would like to track down a bug which you find, the
- source code is available at ftp://ftp.scn.de/news/readers/tin. The changes
- between the standard release of TIN and this version are in the file
- tin950726.diff. An AS225 version of TIN can also be compiled with this
- source.
-
- The changes since the last TIN release are too many to mention here, see
- the CHANGES for a complete list of changes to the source.
-
- tin.lsm Info on where to get TIN source code (1.3 not yet available).
- readme.first This file.
- tin.guide Amigaguide file of manpage and installation notes.
- actived An executable for creating UULIB:active.
- tin.exe The TIN executable itself.
- CHANGES Changes since TIN 1.3PL0 950131.
- intro.txt Paul Kramer's TIN introduction. (Not amiga specific).
-
- To those who haven't got amigaguide, you will be able to read this file
- easily enough with any text reader, you just can't use the hot links :(.
-
- Note that you do not need actived for reading news via NNTP.
- Note also that tin.exe is pure (even if the pure bit gets lost in the
- archive!). You may make it resident if you wish.
-
- Note that well this executable works well on a BBS, the accompanying tind
- program has not been built (or tested). Nor are any of the DLG scripts
- present in this archive. A sysop who is familiar with TIN may still use
- this if they try hard enough (hint: A fake user subscribed to all your
- groups running "tin.exe -u" will update all your .overview files). If
- using NNTP, the server provides the .overview files. I would advise that
- you remove users old .tin/tinrc files.
-
- - Mark Tomlinson
- (mark@garden.equinox.gen.nz)
-