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Article 3000 of comp.sys.amiga:
Path: mcdsun!noao!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!rutgers!ames!ptsfa!well!ewhac
From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: By Popular Demand...
Summary: Uuencoded Executable: Robotroff
Message-ID: <2830@well.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 87 22:12:25 GMT
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Distribution: world
Organization: Whole Earth Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
Lines: 294
[ Where have all my lines gone? ]
Recently, I received the following message in my mailbox:
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[In the letter titled "Please post the executable programs!", Mar 24 1987,
lll-lcc!seismo!utah-cs!uplherc!esunix!blgardne writes:]
> Leo, could you possibly be pursuaded to post the executable program along
> with the source code when you post your neat display hacks?
>
> All of your neat toys have been pretty small, so the executable wouldn't
> add too much to the posting.
>
> It is very frustrating to see a new widget posted, and to hear
> everyone's comments on it, but not be able to run it because I don't
> have a C compiler (and in this case, the right brand & rev are required
> too!). Please have mercy on us poor slobs that don't speak C. [ ... ]
>
> Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland
> UUCP Address: {ihnp4,decvax}!decwrl!esunix!blgardne
> Alternate: {ihnp4,seismo}!utah-cs!utah-gr!uplherc!esunix!blgardne
This makes the fourth such request I've had so far (that I can
recall). I'll consider this a deluge.
I don't consider non-C'ers slobs (lesser primates, maybe, but not
slobs :-) ). My original speculation was that, like previous hacks I've
done, this would get widespread distribution through users' groups, net
users with the 3.20a Manx compiler, Fred Fish, etc. I find now that that
process takes more time than people are willing to wait. Fair enough. I
get that way, too. (You realize, of course, that my ultimate ambition is to
have a Fish Disk with nothing but my stuff on it. :-) )
Attached below is a uuencoded executable image of Robotroff. To
make use of it, cut where indicated, and run it through uudecode. The file
size should turn out to be 10548 bytes. When downloading to your Amiga with
Kermit, be CERTAIN that you set image transfer on both ends. Hope you like
it.
BTW, if anyone out there will be attending the West Coast Computer
Faire this year, you can get a copy of Robotroff (or anything else I might
have written) directly. Just look for the guy wandering around in the
cape.
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________ ___ Leo L. Schwab
\ /___--__ The Guy in The Cape
___ ___ /\ ---##\ ihnp4!ptsfa!well!ewhac
/ X \_____ | __ _---)) ..or..
/ /_\-- -----+==____\ // \ _ well ---\
___ ( o---+------------------O/ \/ \ dual ----> !unicom!ewhac
\ / ___ \_ (`o ) hplabs -/ ("AE-wack")
____ \___/ \_/
Recumbent Bikes: "Work FOR? I don't work FOR
The _O_n_l_y Way To Fly! anybody! I'm just having fun."
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Apply Andy Finkel's drill here. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_