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- SST: the Supersonic Search Tool
-
- The FAST File and Archive Searcher
-
- Copyright (c) 1988-1991 by Keith Ledbetter
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- _______
- ____|__ | (tm)
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- | ____|__ | Association of
- | | |_| Shareware
- |__| o | Professionals
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- |___|___| MEMBER
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- A note to BBS sysops
- --------------------
-
- There has been a minor uprising in the Sysop community over what
- are perceived as "strong-arm" tactics by the ASP. This controversy
- stems from the ASP's recommended inclusion of a file called VENDOR.DOC
- that outlines to "diskette vendors" the guidelines they must follow
- before distributing software written by ASP members.
-
- Many BBS sysops interpreted this clause to mean that they could not
- distribute software such as SST on their BBS systems without going
- through the pain of writing to the author and receiving permission to
- distribute the software, or by joining the ASP as an "ASP Approved Vendor".
-
- Now, I must admit that I am guilty of simply including that file with
- my software once I became a member of the ASP. After reading it much
- more thoroughly, I now see that this clause needs to be rewritten -- as it
- is now, it's much too vague and cumbersome for SysOps.
-
- My stand on this issue is simple. While I whole-heartedly support the
- Association of Shareware Professionals, I also feel that BBS systems are
- the heart and soul of the Shareware distribution network. None of my
- programs would have near the saturation that they have today if it weren't
- for the BBS community. For this reason, I have removed the VENDOR.DOC
- file from all of my shareware distribution packages. And, I apologize to
- all of the SysOps and User-group members who interpreted my actions of
- including the VENDOR.DOC file as trying to pressure them into joining
- the ASP.
-
- - Keith Ledbetter
-
-
-
- Name Change
- -----------
-
- As you've probably noticed by now, the name of this program has been
- changed from WHEREIS to SST ("the Supersonic Search Tool"). The main reason
- behind this was the literally hundreds of requests I've had over the last
- few months to give the program a unique name. To quote a few hundred
- people: "There must be a thousand 'Whereis' programs out there! I'm
- sooooo confused!". (Well, maybe they weren't THAT forlorned <grin>).
- Anyway, from now on the program will be known as SST_vvv.ZIP on all BBS's,
- where "_vvv" will be the version number (as in SST_50A.ZIP for version 5.0a).
-
-
- Of course, if you prefer to keep it named WHEREIS after you download the
- program, simply "REN SST.EXE WHEREIS.EXE" and you'll never know anything has
- changed. SST will continue to support the old "WHEREIS" and "WI_DRIVES"
- environment variables, or you can change them to the newer "SST" and
- "SST_DRIVES" forms.
-
-
- Branding Instructions for Registered Owners
- -------------------------------------------
-
- If you have a registered copy of SST, you can continue to BRAND your serial
- number and name into the program just as before. The only thing you must
- take into account is that your BRAND.EXE program by default looks for a file
- named WHEREIS.EXE to brand. This means you must do one of the two following
- things to brand SST.EXE:
-
- 1.) Rename SST.EXE to WHEREIS.EXE and then execute BRAND,
-
- or
-
- 2.) Give BRAND the name of the file on the command line, like this:
-
- C:> BRAND SST.EXE
-
-
-
- The Files
- ---------
-
- You should have the following files after Un-ZIPing SST:
-
- read me : this file
- sst exe : the program file
- sst doc : the main documentation file
- history doc : history of the changes to SST
- license doc : registration form
- sst des : a description of WhereIs for BBS's
-