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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.