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- # Walnut Creek CDROM Basic Web Page Form
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- ------------------------------------------------------------ BASIC INFORMATION
- CATEGORY = Programming
- DISC_TITLE = Source Code (Volume 1)
- SKEW = source1
- HEAD_LINE = DOS and UNIX C/C++ source code from Usenet, 1985-1990
- PRICE = $39.95
- SUBSCRIBE =
- BBS_READY =
- MONTH = 04
- YEAR = 1996
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- ------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION
- Usenet is the newsgroup collection on the Internet. For years people
- have posted their source code to various source code newsgroups.
-
- Here is a complete collection of all that source code. You'll be
- able to browse expert code, learn from experts, and borrow routines.
- Most of these programs run under Unix.
-
- Volume #1 contains the newsgroups:
- <UL>
- <LI>alt.sources: volume88, volume89, volume90
- <LI>comp.sources.games: volume01 to volume12
- <LI>comp.sources.misc: volume01 to volume15
- <LI>comp.sources.sun: volume01 to volume03
- <LI>comp.sources.unix: volume01 to volume23
- <LI>comp.sources.x: volume00 to volume11
- </UL>
-
- Sample packages include:
- <UL>
- <LI>alt.sources: irc, TCL, (zsh, ksh), BBS software for UNIX, slugnet.
- <LI>comp.sources.games: fortune, rogue, xgo, mdg (multiuser dungeon game)
- <LI>comp.sources.misc: micro-emacs, ispell, uucp mail for pc's, pascal to
- c translator, PCcurses, b+tree Lib
- <LI>comp.sources.sun: Sunview/X Mazeware, Tooltool, ALV (image processing
- toolkit),
- <LI>comp.sources.unix: xlisp, base interpretor, wm, perl, NN newsreader,
- flex
- <LI>comp.sources.x: Ardent Window Manager, twm, torch, xchess, x screen
- savers, kterm, xtetris, xtroff, xpic, xconf, xmail, xfig, AWL (layout
- language for widget hierarchies), WCL (widget Creation Library),
- chaos, acm (flight simulation), colxterm,
- </UL>
-
- You get a total of 58704 files (8641 news articles) in 631 megs of
- data. Most articles/packages are unsharred.
-
- The CDROM is full word
- indexed, which means you can find the files containing your search
- word in seconds. The CDROM also has HTML indexes so you can use your
- html (Netscape) browser to view the disc.
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