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Short: TIN 1.3 PL0 Beta - *The* Newsreader
Author: iain@scn.de (Iain Lea), Amiga-Port by Mark Tomlinson
Uploader: luebke@relhome.erls02.siemens.de (Reinhard Luebke)
Type: comm/news
This is a BETA version of TIN, which has NNTP enabled. It is a beta
version of TIN 1.3 PL0. The source code to TIN 1.3 will become available
as soon as it comes out of beta. There are several reasons for releasing
this now instead of waiting for TIN to come out of beta:
1) It allows more users to find errors in TIN.
2) Many features and bug fixes people have asked for are in this release.
3) New features have made this version of TIN better to use.
4) This version of TIN has become fairly stable with the amount of time it
has been in beta, and it only seems fair to let others use it.
Being a BETA version, I have left in a symbol table, and have removed a
couple of optimizations. This will make the program a little slower, but
hopefully will make enforcer and mungwall more useful in tracking down any
problems.
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 1.2PL2.
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)
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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19020 10531 44.6% 11-Mar-95 18:11:22 actived
40612 13530 66.6% 31-Jan-95 20:03:20 CHANGES
51608 10776 79.1% 15-Nov-94 06:17:06 intro.txt
2164 1121 48.1% 11-Mar-95 18:16:46 readme.first
267436 140306 47.5% 11-Mar-95 18:10:12 tin.exe
80844 25799 68.0% 11-Mar-95 17:00:38 tin.guide
1306 600 54.0% 31-Jan-95 19:41:20 tin.lsm
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462990 202663 56.2% 14-Mar-95 12:29:16 7 files