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- Multi-threaded NewsWatcher
- ==========================
- by
- Simon Fraser
- based on the NewsWatcher code, by John Norstad
-
-
- What is it?
- -----------
-
- Multi-threaded NewsWatcher (or MT-NewsWatcher for short) is a Usenet News
- reader for the Macintosh, for users with direct TCP/IP Internet connections
- (including SLIP & PPP users).
-
- MT-NewsWatcher addes to NewsWatcher some of those features that
- Nuntius users have had for a long while, most notably multi-threading.
- In this context, multi-threading refers to the ability of the application
- to perform several concurrent tasks (e.g. download articles from several
- groups simultaneously).
-
- Documentation
- -------------
-
- MT-NewsWatcher still maintains many of the features of the original
- NewsWatcher by John Norstad, and his documentation is a "must read"
- for all users. You can get it from:
-
- ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/
-
- as either a Microsoft Word document, or a self-viewing Postcard file.
-
- The new and improved features in MT-NewsWatcher are described in
- its documentation, which is available on the web at
-
- http://www.best.com/~smfr/mtnw/
-
-
- System Requirements
- -------------------
-
- MT-NewsWatcher requires a Macintosh with a 68020 or better, or PowerPC
- processor, running System 7.1 or later with the Thread Manager and the
- Drag Manager installed. System 7.5.5 or later is preferred, and it runs
- fine under Mac OS 8. You will need 2.5 megabytes or more of free memory
- (depending mainly on the number of groups carried by your news server)
- and a hard drive. The Mac must be connected to the Internet, and MacTCP
- or Open Transport must be properly installed and configured.
-
- This version of MT-NewsWatcher is distributed as a fat binary, so will
- run well on both 68k and PPC machines.
-
- Read the online documentation for information about use Speech Recognition
- and the Words Services suite with MT-NewsWatcher.
-
-
- Distribution
- ------------
-
- Multi-threaded NewsWatcher is free. It may not be sold for profit
- or included with other software, products, publications, or services
- which are sold for profit without the permission of Simon Fraser, but
- otherwise you should feel free to use it and redistribute it.
-
- Multi-threaded NewsWatcher may not be included on CD-ROMs without
- the express permission of Simon Fraser. Permission will usually be
- granted on the condition that I get a copy of the CD-ROM.
-
-
- Bug reports &c
- --------------
-
- Before sending me email about a problem, or with a feature request,
- please read the documenation pointed to above. I do not take kindly
- to receiving questions which are plainly answered in the documentation.
-
- Please report all bugs to Simon Fraser, <mailto:smfr@best.com>,
- and include details of your machine configuration, system version,
- networking software, and a detailed description of what you do to
- trigger the bug. If the bug is causes a crash, and is repeatable, it
- is of great help to have a MacsBug log. Information about how to obtain
- one is available at <http://www.best.com/~smfr/macsbug.html>.
-
- Updates
- -------
-
- Information about updates and patches will always be posted to
- <news:comp.sys.mac.comm>, and you can check on the status of the
- current release on <http://www.best.com/~smfr/mtnw/download.html>.
-
-
- Simon Fraser
- smfr@best.com
-
-