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[1]02-03-94: The Script BBS: Did some work with this program for Configurations Management
and SunOS 4.1.3.  I had to do a little converting to bourne shell,
specifically, but this makes things more portable.
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[2]06-03-94: The Script BBS, v35.50.66.1a: I started the conversion of the
bourne shell programming to C programming.  The script program will be
used as a templete for the C program.
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[3]06-03-94: The Script BBS, v35.50.66.1a: I borrowed the basic directory
stucture and files used for this bbs.  I also took the menu structure and
information.  Only difference is the main program will be in C, instead of
bourne shell script.
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[4]07-03-93: game, 5.52.60.3a: I borrowed this programs version display, I
used the same display in a few other programs and I like how it works.
This version display tells the program name, version, operating system
compiled on, by who, and the date.
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[5]07-03-94: game, 5.52.60.3a: I also used the make version command, I took
this bit of code from the make file, plus some other makefile stucture
stuff from the make file.
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[6]13-03-94: cheapgame, 0.11.10.1a: I borrowed the header for the program
information.  This makes things a little easier to understand down the
line.  Each bit of code will be headed by this peice of information.  It
includes the version, filename, program purpose, author, last editor and
time, etc...
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[7]13-03-94: outpost_bbs, 5.54.62.7a: To make the access to structured
information quicker and easier, I am useing the "_character *Character",
technic to allow calls to structures like "Character->firstname", I like
this method a little better.  I also feel that this pointer stucture method
is a little faster.
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[8]20-05-94: outpost_bbs, 05.56.64.07a: Added the use
of the depends in the Makefile.  This allows the proper files to get
checked out when needed, on compile.
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[9]20-05-94: global: Changing the version numbers to fit the form ??.??.??.??a,
this is the release.source.document.spawn type variable.
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[10]22-05-93: Kochan, Stephen G.; Patrick H. Wood.
.ul
"Topics In C Programming (Revised Edition)".
pg. 203-205 The Standard I/O Routines:  I used the programs example for
reading and writing binary files to get this binary menu thing to work.  In
my program I will need to keep these functions pretty standard to ease of
use.
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[11]23-05-94: Darnell, Peter A.; Philip E. Margolis.
.ul
"C: A Software Engineering Approch".
pg. 355-362 Input and Output: I borrowed a few things from this book to get
the blocksizes correct in the reading and writing of the menu files.  I
have most things pretty broken up to be used in each program.  This keeps
the same code (functions too) in each program working together.
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[12]24-05-94: Waite, Mitchelle; Stephen Prata.
.ul
"The Waite Group's: New C Primer Plus (Second Edition)".
pg. 494-495 Structures and Other Data Forms:  I found a few things in here
that I hope fix my problems with reading and writing menu files.  I will
try what I learned with reading and the code segments I borrowed.
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[13]22-05-93: Kochan, Stephen G.; Patrick H. Wood.
.ul
"Topics In C Programming (Revised Edition)".
pg. 326-327 The Unix System Interface:  I used the programs example for
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[14]11-06-94: Evans Jr., Fred (eva180@prb.mhs.compuserve.com): He gave me a 
few tips about RCS that are
making the coding very simple to use for development projects and edit with
mulitple users.  Very Helpful.
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[15]11-06-94: Iain Lea (Iain.Lea%an433.uucp@Germany.EU.net), tin 1.1 PL8 
(c)1991-92 Iain Lea:  I am borrowing his
error message method of the above program.  It lists out the program name
then the code file with the error, then the related variable, then a
messaage.  It is real clear and points right to the problem.
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[16]11-06-94: Working on code on a Linux machine as well as the following DEC machine:
OSF1 axposf.pa.dec.com V2.0 250 alpha.
This new machine is loaded and seems to work about the same.  I have a few
bugs here and there.  Many fine tunes.
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[17]02-07-94: Did some work  on a HP system, added a few cleanups and
patched in the new code.  Things compile and run pretty well on the linux,
and OSF box.
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[18]12-07-94: Brought a mess of code from my work on the HP-UX A9.01 and
patched it into the work here.  Things fit in pretty good and are still pretty
usable.
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[19]12-07-94: (schaefer@alphanet.ch):  Inserted a few of his fixes for the
Mips systems, and general file reading in a few files.
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[20]23-07-94: Added a few more things from my C programming class at work.
My thanks to Rich White.
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[21]23-07-94: Merged in my HP_UX and SunOS code to my regular code.  This
worked pretty good and the program is still running.  
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[22]19-08-94: I have finished a Ultrix port.  It runs pretty good and
compiles with the native compiler.  I would like to get the GCC compiler on
the system riddler to get a GNU compiled version.  
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[23]01-10-94: I merged the MSDOS port into the version 5.22 to produce
version 5.22.10, next I merge the new Ultrix code to produce 5.22.20.
After all of this I merge 5.22.20 into 5.34, 5.41...then produce another
version.  All this to work in a MSDOS product.  Owell...This will just show
the programs versatility.
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[24]01-10-94: bbs-5.22-src.tar: Finished off another workout on the ultrix.
Added a few features and fixed a few bugs.
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[25]19-12-94: Baseline 5.83.1.16.1.17 -> Baseline 5.93: fixes and changes
from the first are moving into the next.  This includes a few bug fixes,
format changes (cosmetic), and utilities for the administrator.
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