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- CREDITS -- Utilities I
-
- These utilities, like most of those on the companion disk Utilities II,
- have been gleaned from many different CUG submissions. A few date back
- to early versions of the BDS compiler and may not even compile
- correctly.(If you find and FIX such an instance, please let the
- group coordinator know so that the disk can be updated). Unfortunately,
- the mere task of collecting organizing these and other early sub-
- missions precluded any attempt at testing. You are on your own.
-
- In some cases, the files below originally belonged on nicely
- filled disks, and the authors may reasonably wonder why they were
- broken up into this, Utilities II, Games I, Games II,
- Functions I and Functions II.
-
- My reasoning was that the group had these programs now, some on
- nice full disks and some scattered a few here and a few there, and
- that the change in organization offered the perfect opportunity to
- get EVERYTHING into circulation in some ordered fashion. This has
- been a rush job, many programs which appear to offer duplicate
- facilities are included, some may not even work, but at least
- here they are. Those who like games can get lots of games quickly,
- those who need utilities can look over a large selection quickly.
- Good or bad, those were my motives. I sincerely hope no one is
- offended.
-
- The KWIC related files (KWIK, DMF, LIST, MERGE, MSORT, STD.H, WFREQ,
- CONOUT, and CONCORD) were submitted by David M. Fogg, 2632 N.E.
- Freemont, Portland, OR 97212. Please note that he reserves
- commercial rights to the programs. See the header at the top of
- each file.
-
- David also contributed the utilities COMP, WC, and SHOW.
- Again, please respect his wishes regarding the use of these files.
-
- David notes that all his contributions require the presence of his
- files DMF.CRL and STD.H. For the uninitiated, you will most likely
- need to tailor the latter file before it will make best use of
- your system.
-
- The RT11 transfer utilities, BIGDIR, and DISK were submitted by
- William C. Colley, III. BIGDIR and DISK were written by his
- roommate Richard S. Damon. He too reserves commercial rights to
- his product, but in somewhat more forceful terms:
-
- "You will note that I have maintained the copyright to my cross-
- assemblers. I do so for only one reason--so that I can get very
- (legally) annoyed if somebody tries to sell the fruits of my
- labors for a profit. You can make all the copies for yourself,
- your friends, your enemies, your dogs, etc., and you can even sell it
- for the cost of the disk it's written on plus postage (as this users'
- group is doing). I encourage such goings on. It gets the program out
- to the people who need it to keep from reinventing it. I would
- appreciate it if you would keep my name on it. (Oh come on....it's
- note THAT much trouble.) it's just that if I'm giving up the making of
- money on the thing, it's hardly fair for someone else to mop up.
-
- "If you have any qestions or detect any bugs, we'd appreciate a letter/
- phone call/CBBS message (I'm on Boston CBBS at (617) 963-8310)."
-
- William C. Colley, III Richard S. Damon
- 409 Marlborough ST., #24 305 Memorial DR, #518B
- Boston, MA 02115 Cambridge, MA 02139
- (617) 266-3179 home (617)253-1000 x5-9846 home
- (617) 258-1204 ofc.
-
- The DATEDEMO programs came a long way to get here. They were
- contributed along with a version of Ron Cain's Small C by
- Bob Bolton of 808T (eyetyeyety over the phone), an Austrailian
- Users Group. I have opted to continue to distribute Mike Bernson's
- implementation of Small C instead, since it appears to be more
- complete, however I appreciate the friendliness of Mr. Bolton
- and his group.
-
- DATEDEMO is accompanied by an article written by Mr. Bolton.
-
- The COMPRESS files and B.C were submitted by
- Donald Stevens. The Compress functions use a techinique I would
- characterize as "tokenization", they replace repeated strings
- with a shorter tokens. Those of you who are interested in file
- compaction might also look at "Just like Mom's". A more coplex
- algorithm is used there. Having not evaluated these, I have no
- idea what their comparative advantages are...perhaps someone
- would like to write a review for the newsletter?
-
- CHCNT and CC0T are distribution disk overflow, both written by
- Leor Zolman.
-
- CCRL is derived from a program "CRLADD", by Earl T. Cohen. This
- version was produced by Jack M. Wierda, 33 W. Naperville RD.,
- apt 9, Westmont, ILl 60559---or so the documentation says. Without
- meaning to offend anyone, I can't help but wonder if someone is
- being cute.
-
- If you discover errors, anachronisms, or environmental constraints in
- any of these programs, please fix them (if you can) and send the
- new versions (you might call first in case someone already has) to
- me.
- BDS C Group
- Robert Ward, Coordinator
- 409 E. Kansas
- Yates Center, KS 66783
-
- 316 625-3554 9 to 5 and weekends.
-