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- Welcome to Version 1.2 of the Amiga Draco compiler. This version is a
- significant upgrade from the previously released compiler, as you can see
- by reading the accompanying 'changes.doc' file. I do apologize to the Draco
- fans out there for how long it has taken to get this new version out. I
- hope you find it worth the wait.
-
- Note that this is not a stand-alone release. There is little in the way of
- documentation or sample programs in this release. For those, you must refer
- to the previous release, which is most easily found on Fred Fish's disks
- number 76 and 77. Disk 77 contains the documentation and samples.
-
- As with the previous release, this compiler, libraries, etc. are shareware
- - use them as you wish, but consider sending a contribution if you use them
- a lot. My only restriction is that I not be held responsible for anything
- and that no part of this package be used in a commercial programming
- language system without my explicit written permission.
-
- I've had letters from all over the world about Draco (and some about Amiga
- Empire as well), and I love to hear from users. So far, I have tried to
- answer each letter I've received, but I'm currently about 6 months behind
- in those answers (I kept thinking that Draco would be ready any day, so I
- wanted to delay answering until after that day). If the bulk of mail
- increases drastically with this release (I can always hope!) I may have to
- cut back to only replying to those who make a significant shareware
- contribution. Thus, if you have questions that you need answering, make
- sure that you've sent $10.00 or more at some point (I do keep track). I
- would like to again give special thanks to those two individuals (one in
- Canada, one in France) who sent over $100.00 - they will be getting this
- new release direct from me.
-
- If you find this Draco compiler system to be of use to you, please consider
- sending a letter and perhaps a small shareware contribution to me, the
- author. This is the chief way I have of knowing who is using it, and what
- they like or don't like about what I am doing. Encouragement is the surest
- way to get more features, like maybe a symbolic debugger. This is certainly
- how the floating point support came about, since I don't use it myself.
-
- Send letters, etc. to:
-
- Chris Gray
- Apt. #1612, 8515-112 St.
- Edmonton, Alberta
- CANADA T6G 1K7
-
- Beware if you try to phone me: I keep strange hours, and my single phone
- line is often used with a modem to run Amiga Empire.
-
- Some stuff that I've started on that could eventually be released:
-
- IFF reader/writer library
- currently I also have showILBM and play8SVX programs. I plan to set
- the library up so that it can be used to post/retrieve clips as
- well as read/write to files. I've included the programs 'showILBM'
- (hasn't been tried with overscan, HAM, etc., but does DPaint's
- colour cycling properly), 'play8SVX' and iffCheck. The first two
- work from CLI or WorkBench, the second only from CLI.
-
- intuiTools library
- greatly simplifies menu creation, has an automatic colour palette
- editor, has string requesters, and perhaps a file requester.
-