This program is being distributed on a shareware basis only, and should not be regarded as public domain software. As a shareware program, ant21.exe and it's support files may be freely copied, but the program must always be identified as copyrighted intellectual property of Autodesk, Inc., and it may not be sold or incorporated into any commercial package, except by Autodesk, Inc.
Enclosed please find a disk with
ant21.exe
ant21.hlp
ant21.inf
and some *.anp and *.anw files.
You can run ant21 directly from the floppy, or you can make an ants directory on your hard drive and copy the disk into the directory.
Ant21.hlp and ant21.inf are unformatted text files which you can read from within ant21.exe by using the h and the Shift+h keys. You may find it useful to use a word-processing program to print a hard copy of these text files.
The *.anp files are, respectively, parameter files and parameter+gene files that were created by ant21.exe by using the w and the Shift+w keys. These files can be read within ant21.exe by using the r and the Shift+r keys. These files are also unformatted text files.
If you create some interesting *.anw or *.anp files, feel free to share them by sending them to:
Rudy Rucker
ANTS
Autodesk, Inc.
2320 Marinship Way
Sausalito, CA 94965
It is possible that ant21.exe may eventually be incorporated into an Autodesk Science Series software product.
For information about existing Autodesk Science Series Products:
CA Lab : Rudy Rucker's Cellular Automata Laboratory, and
James Gleick's Chaos : The Software,
please phone Autodesk Telemarketing at (800)688-2344.
As of March, 1991, these products are priced at $59.95 each.
