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- # Walnut Creek CDROM Basic Web Page Form
- #
- ------------------------------------------------------------ BASIC INFORMATION
- CATEGORY = Programming
- DISC_TITLE = Source Code (Volume 2)
- SKEW = source2
- HEAD_LINE = DOS and UNIX C/C++ source code from Usenet, 1991-1993
- 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 #2 contains the newsgroups:
- <UL>
- <LI>alt.sources: volume91, volume92, volume93
- <LI>comp.sources.games: volume13 to volume18
- <LI>comp.sources.misc: volume16 to volume34
- <LI>comp.sources.reviewed: volume01 to volume04
- <LI>comp.sources.unix: volume24 to volume26
- <LI>comp.sources.x: volume12 to volume18
- </UL>
-
- Sample packages include:
- <UL>
- <LI>alt.sources: GDXBBS -- A unix bbs gdxbbs, CP/M emulator for Unix,
- unzip, MixView (X based sound editor), Word difference finder,
- WorkMan (X CD player for Suns), ACS circuit simulator
- <LI>comp.sources.games: dominion, gnuchess, scrabble, gbp (Galactic
- Bloodshed), xboing,
- <LI>comp.sources.misc: perl, zsh2.00, unzip, SC Spreadsheet, bibleref
- (Word and passage retrievals from King James Bible), newmat02 - A
- matrix package in C++, pascal Compiler and Interpreter, archie.
- <LI>comp.sources.reviewed: ols - linear regression tool, GNU_bc - numeric
- processing language, lp_solve - linear problem solver, gnugrep.
- <LI>comp.sources.unix: RCS, GNU Diff, Email fax-sending package, trn, tcsh
- <LI>comp.sources.x: acm, kterm, xrainbow, xtroff, Xfig, Motif Xclock, 3D
- Wireframe viewer, xgrabsc v2.1 - grab screen dump
- </UL>
-
- You get a total of 53320 files (8881 news articles) in 641 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.
-