Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 16:22:13 EET From: Garbo-ann-request@garbo.uwasa.fi (Garbo Announce Sender) To: Garbo-Ann-Digest@garbo.uwasa.fi (Garbo Uploads Announce) Subject: Garbo-Ann Digest V95 #17 Message-Id: <9503091622.V95N17@Garbo.uwasa.fi> Reply-To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Precedence: Bulk Garbo-Ann Digest Thu, 9 Mar 1995 Volume 95 : Issue 17 Today's Topics: author33.zip Email addresses of 243 MS-DOS shareware and PD authors bss148.zip Versatile VAX/VMS style string search utility, by D.Bunch china130.zip Chinese calligraphy tutor with mouse faqc9502.zip Frequently Asked Questions of comp.compression fi950225.zip Phone number list of Finnish BBSes gidx23.zip Create a SimTel-compatible .IDX file for Garbo kbisr133.zip Prototype keyboard interrupt service routine, (w ASM) moder47.zip A list of MS-DOS FTP sites and moderators New astronomy images at Garbo precc242.zip Preccx infinite-lookahead compiler compiler, P.Breuer shez106.zip Compression Companion for arcers tm_psa10.zip Optimizing tournament scheduler, crippled, P.Asioli usbbs130.zip USBBS National BBS List for March 1995 Garbo-Ann is a moderated one-way mailing list which is used by Garbo MsDos and Windows archive managers to announce new additions to Garbo collections. 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If you wish to unsubscribe, send e-mail (from the same address where you were when you subscribed) with this command in the body of the message: unsubscribe garbo-ann ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 20:29:26 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Salmi To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Subject: author33.zip Email addresses of 243 MS-DOS shareware and PD authors Message-Id: <199502261829.UAA13967@uwasa.fi> Sun 26-Feb-95: Update 38653 Feb 26 18:55 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author33.zip author33.zip Email addresses of 243 MS-DOS shareware and PD authors All the best, Timo .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Department of Accounting and Business Finance; University of Vaasa Internet: ts@uwasa.fi BBS +(358)-61-3170972; FIN-65101, Finland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 16:15:03 +0200 (EET) From: Ari Hovila To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Cc: ddbunch@infi.net Subject: bss148.zip Versatile VAX/VMS style string search utility, by D.Bunch Message-Id: <199502281415.QAA07926@uwasa.fi> Thank you for your contribution. This upload is now available as 35590 Feb 4 09:07 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/fileutil/bss148.zip > Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 18:31:04 -0500 (EST) > From: David Bunch > To: pc-up@uwasa.fi > Subject: Uploaded bss148.zip to replace bss138.zip > > File name: bss148.zip > One line description: Versatile VAX/VMS style string search utility > Replaces: bss138.zip > Suggested Garbo directory: /pc/fileutil > Uploader name & email: David Bunch ddbunch@infi.net > Author or company: David Bunch > Email address: ddbunch@infi.net > Surface address: 4 Gillis Road, Portsmouth, VA 23702 (USA) > Special requirements: MS-DOS 3.x & up (maybe 2.x & up) > Shareware payment required from private users: $5 > Shareware payment required from corporates: $5 > Demo: None > Nagware: No > Self-documenting: Yes (just type BSS /O=BSS.DOC /?) > External documentation included: No > Source included: No > Size: 35K > 10 lines description: > > BSS is a string search program modeled after > VAX/VMS search utility. Features include > better wildcarding than DOS, multiple files > & directory trees & over 3000 search strings. > Also allows wild cards in search strings, & > many other features. Extract documentation > by typing BSS /O=BSS.DOC /? > ................................................................. Ari Hovila, ajh@uwasa.fi, http://www.uwasa.fi/~ajh Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Computer Centre, University of Vaasa, Box 700, FIN-65101 Finland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 11:21:39 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Salmi To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Cc: yee@utdallas.edu Subject: china130.zip Chinese calligraphy tutor with mouse Message-Id: <199502280921.LAA05552@uwasa.fi> Thank you for your contribution. This upload is now available as 165556 Feb 21 01:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/linguistics/china130.zip I like the way this has been done. It seems very good for educational purposes. > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 07:51:17 -0600 > From: yee@utdallas.edu > To: pc-up@uwasa.fi > Subject: china130.zip Chinese calligraphy tutorial > > > File name: china130.zip > One line description: Chinese calligraphy tutor > Replaces: china*.zip (all previous versions - none pre-existing on > Garbo so far as I can tell) > Suggested Garbo directory: /pc/education/ > Uploader name & email: Thomas Yee yee@utdallas.edu > or 75262.1471@compuserve.com > Author or company: Thomas Yee - Awareness Productions > Email address: 75262.1471@compuserve.com > Surface address: 3241 Nova Trail, Plano, TX 75023 USA > Special requirements: '286, VGA, mouse, hard drive > Shareware payment required from private users: Yes > Shareware payment required from corporates: Yes > Distribution limitations: Vendors should correctly disclose the nature > of shareware. In particular, shareware should not be > misrepresented as "free" software. > Demo: No > Nagware: Yes (One single three-second reminder screen within ASP > guidelines plus a single screen advertising other products) > Self-documenting: Yes > External documentation included: Yes / 2 Kb > Source included: No > Size: 165 Kb zipped / 997 Kb original > 10 lines description: WRITE CHINESE V1.30 Program to teach basic > Chinese calligraphy. This program presents 150 of the most frequently > used characters in traditional and simplified forms. Students practice > drawing characters in a "nine-square box," learn Mandarin and Cantonese > transliterations, and memorize definitions. AWARENESS PRODUCTIONS All the best, Timo .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Department of Accounting and Business Finance; University of Vaasa Internet: ts@uwasa.fi BBS +(358)-61-3170972; FIN-65101, Finland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 22:49:09 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Salmi To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Cc: jloup@chorus.fr (Jean-loup Gailly) Subject: faqc9502.zip Frequently Asked Questions of comp.compression Message-Id: <199502282049.WAA28276@uwasa.fi> Thank you for your contribution. This upload is now available as 90803 Feb 25 10:07 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/faqc9502.zip > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 95 20:38:55 +0100 > From: Jean-loup Gailly > To: pc-up@uwasa.fi > Subject: faqc9502.zip Frequently Asked Questions of comp.compression > > Timo, > > I have uploaded to garbo the Feb 95 FAQ for the newsgroup > comp.compression as faqc9502.zip. > > Jean-loup All the best, Timo .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Department of Accounting and Business Finance; University of Vaasa Internet: ts@uwasa.fi BBS +(358)-61-3170972; FIN-65101, Finland ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 22:38:17 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Salmi To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Cc: juhmakin@cc.helsinki.fi Subject: fi950225.zip Phone number list of Finnish BBSes Message-Id: <199502252038.WAA11363@uwasa.fi> Thank you for your contribution. This upload is now available as 34283 Feb 25 19:31 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/bbs/fi950225.zip > Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 19:34:33 +0200 (EET) > From: Juha Makinen > To: pc-up@uwasa.fi > Subject: fi950225.zip Phonenumber list of Finnish BBSes > > BBSLIST.TXT (Phonenumber list of Finnish 24h-BBSes, updated biweekly) > > List of non-24h BBSes is not included anymore due to the > problems of getting it in time for this archive. All the best, Timo .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Department of Accounting and Business Finance; University of Vaasa Internet: ts@uwasa.fi BBS +(358)-61-3170972; FIN-65101, Finland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 10:56:56 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Salmi To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Cc: marko.bohanec@ijs.si Subject: gidx23.zip Create a SimTel-compatible .IDX file for Garbo Message-Id: <199502280856.KAA02822@uwasa.fi> Thank you for your contribution. This upload is now available as 10890 Feb 27 02:30 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/gidx23.zip > Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 10:37:07 +0001 > From: Marko Bohanec > To: pc-up@uwasa.fi > Subject: gidx23.zip Create a SimTel-compatible .IDX file for Garbo > > File name: gidx23.zip > One line description: Create a SimTel-compatible .IDX file for Garbo > > Replaces: /pc/filelist/gidx22.zip > Suggested Garbo dir: /pc/filelist > > Uploader name & email: Marko Bohanec, marko.bohanec@ijs.si > > Author or company: Marko Bohanec (v2.0+) > This version is based on v1.0 by Gongquan Chen > Email addresses: marko.bohanec@ijs.si > gchen@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu > > Special requirements: None > Shareware payment: No > Distribution limitations: None > Demo: No > Nagware: No > Self-documenting: No > External documentation: Yes > Source included: Yes > Size: 10 Kb > > Description: > Generates an index file for Garbo MsDos or Windows archive in > a format compatible to SimTel's SIMIBM.IDX, so that it can be > used by other programs to process, such as Schmidt's SIMDIR. > > Changes in version 2.3: Adapted to a new format of _dir.lst. All the best, Timo .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Department of Accounting and Business Finance; University of Vaasa Internet: ts@uwasa.fi BBS +(358)-61-3170972; FIN-65101, Finland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 16:25:03 +0200 (EET) From: Ari Hovila To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Cc: rrothenb@ic.sunysb.edu Subject: kbisr133.zip Prototype keyboard interrupt service routine, (w ASM) Message-Id: <199502281425.QAA08916@uwasa.fi> Thank you for your contribution. This upload is now available as 30476 Jan 18 12:53 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/keyboard/kbisr133.zip > Date: Tue, 14 Feb 95 20:54:50 EST > From: Deranged Mutant > To: pc-up@garbo.uwasa.fi > Subject: kbisr133.zip Prototype keyboard ISR source > > File name: kbisr133.zip > One line description: ASM source for prototype keyboard ISR > Replaces: n/a > Suggested Garbo directory: /pc/keyboard > Uploader name & email: rrothenb@ic.sunysb.edu > Author or company: Robert Rothenburg Walking-Owl > Email address: (same as uploader) > Surface address: P.O.Box 1327 South Stony Brook, NY 11790 USA > Special requirements: None > Shareware payment required from private users: No > Shareware payment required from corporates: No > Distribution limitations: None (See COPYING) > Demo: No > Nagware: No > Self-documenting: n/a > External documentation included: Yes > Source included: Yep. > Size: 32k compressed > 10 lines description: > > Source for a sample keyboard interrupt service routine for the PC. > Capable of functioning as an isolated keyboard handler for protection > against keyboard sniffers. Also can handle random-noise sampling, > multiple key-presses, "super-key" codes, and a few other features. > Still needs Cntl-Alt-Reset, Cntl-Break, PrtSc etc. handling as well > as keyboard errors (NAK, Resend codes, etc.) but otherwise it's > fully functional. ................................................................. Ari Hovila, ajh@uwasa.fi, http://www.uwasa.fi/~ajh Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Computer Centre, University of Vaasa, Box 700, FIN-65101 Finland ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 20:26:16 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Salmi To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Subject: moder47.zip A list of MS-DOS FTP sites and moderators Message-Id: <199502261826.UAA13773@uwasa.fi> Sun 26-Feb-95: Update 24199 Feb 26 19:08 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder47.zip moder47.zip A list of MS-DOS FTP sites and moderators, T.Salmi All the best, Timo .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Department of Accounting and Business Finance; University of Vaasa Internet: ts@uwasa.fi BBS +(358)-61-3170972; FIN-65101, Finland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 13:54:47 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Salmi To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Subject: New astronomy images at Garbo Message-Id: <199502281154.NAA23533@uwasa.fi> Thu 28-Feb-95: Obtained three new astronomy images to Garbo archives. : 202819 Feb 28 11:43 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gifstar/cygnloop.gif cygnloop.gif Cygnus Loop nebula, stellar explosion 15,000 years ago, HST : 158129 Feb 28 11:46 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gifouter/neptuhst.gif neptuhst.gif Hubble image of the both hemispheres of Neptune : 193759 Feb 28 11:49 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gifstar/ngc253.gif ngc253.gif Starburst spiral galaxy NGC 253 at 8 million l-years, HST All the best, Timo .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Department of Accounting and Business Finance; University of Vaasa Internet: ts@uwasa.fi BBS +(358)-61-3170972; FIN-65101, Finland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 16:33:36 +0200 (EET) From: Ari Hovila To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Cc: ptb@dit.upm.es Subject: precc242.zip Preccx infinite-lookahead compiler compiler, P.Breuer Message-Id: <199502281433.QAA09793@uwasa.fi> Thank you for your contribution. This upload is now available as 664212 Feb 16 17:34 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/programming/precc242.zip > Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 18:55:13 +0100 (MET) > From: "Peter T. Breuer" > To: pc-up@uwasa.fi > Subject: precc242.zip compiler compiler for ansi C uploaded to garbo > > File name: precc242.zip > description: infinite lookahead compiler compiler for attribute grammar > Replaces: precc230.zip > Suggested Garbo directory: /pc/programming > Uploader name & email: Peter T. Breuer ptb@dit.upm.es ptb@eng.cam.ac.uk > Author or author company: Peter T. Breuer > Email address: ptb@dit.upm.es ptb@eng.cam.ac.uk ptb@comlab.ox.ac.uk > Surface address: > Departamento de Ingenieria de Sistemas Telematicos, Universidad Politecnica > de Madrid, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicacion, > Ciudad Universitaria, E--28040 Madrid, SPAIN. > Special requirements: none ... apart from ansi C compiler to compile > generated code. > Shareware payment required from private users: N > Shareware payment required from corporates: Y > Distribution limitations: > No limitations on distribution by garbo or by primary providers > of cdroms as approved by garbo administrators and within the > terms of whatever agreements with garbo have been reached by > said providers. > Demo: N > Nagware: N > Self-documenting: N > External documentation included: Y (several hundred Kb) > Source included: Y > Size zipped / original (in Kb). 663/1600 (if you unarchive _everything_) > > 10 lines description (not more than 72 chars/line): > PRECCX is an infinite-lookahead compiler compiler for context dependent > attributed grammars. The generated code is ANSI C. > (PRECCX is Copyright P.T. Breuer, 1989-1994). > > A compiler compiler provides an easy path to the construction of a > complex utility, but isn't that easy to describe! You ought to have > some familiarity with the standard UNIX yacc utility, or GNU's bison > under DOS, in order to figure out what to do with PRECCX and why. > Essentially - specify a language and some associated actions and > structures and let the compiler compiler build source for you. What > comes out is compiler or interpreter source, depending on what kind of > actions you specified. ................................................................. Ari Hovila, ajh@uwasa.fi, http://www.uwasa.fi/~ajh Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Computer Centre, University of Vaasa, Box 700, FIN-65101 Finland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 10:51:14 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Salmi To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Cc: jim.derr@spacebbs.com (Jim Derr), w8sdz@SimTel.Coast.NET (Keith Petersen) Subject: shez106.zip Compression Companion for arcers Message-Id: <199502280851.KAA02181@uwasa.fi> Tue 28-Feb-95: Got from the author via Keith 287053 Feb 24 07:05 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/shez106.zip shez106.zip Compression Companion for arcers by Jim Derr (excellent) All the best, Timo .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Department of Accounting and Business Finance; University of Vaasa Internet: ts@uwasa.fi BBS +(358)-61-3170972; FIN-65101, Finland ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Mar 1995 16:21:23 +0200 (EET) From: Ari Hovila To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Cc: s58120@leonardo.polito.it Subject: tm_psa10.zip Optimizing tournament scheduler, crippled, P.Asioli Message-Id: <199503021421.QAA19180@uwasa.fi> Thank you for your contribution. This upload is now available as 31323 Feb 16 11:28 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/demo/tm_psa10.zip > Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 12:39:36 +0100 > From: s58120@leonardo.polito.it > To: pc-up@uwasa.fi > Subject: tm_psa10.zip An efficient optimizing tournament scheduler > > File name: tm_psa10.zip > One line description: An efficient optimizing tournament scheduler > Replaces: None. > Suggested Garbo directory: /pc/util > Uploader name & email: > Author or company: Paolo Sergio Asioli > Email address: netsearch@poldid.polito.it > Surface address: Via Refrancore 58, 10151 TORINO, ITALY > Special requirements: None > Shareware payment required from private users: Y > Shareware payment required from corporates: Y > Distribution limitations: None > Demo: Y > Nagware: N > Self-documenting: N > External documentation included: Y,10Kb > Source included: No > Size: 42Kb > 10 lines description: > TouRnaMenT MasTeR 1.0 is a tournament manager which schedules matches > in subsequent periods optimizing the dates assigned to them according > to the wishes of the players, by means of a local search and the > application of the _auction_ algorithm by D.P. Bertsekas > The program was originally developed as the scheduler for a tennis club > and is generally appliable to any tournament consisting in matches > between two players, such as chess playing or RPG, and takes on itself > most of the boring paper work that haunts the nights of so many club > managers. > The present file is a demo version, restricted in data size. ................................................................. Ari Hovila, ajh@uwasa.fi, http://www.uwasa.fi/~ajh Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Computer Centre, University of Vaasa, Box 700, FIN-65101 Finland ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 22:31:34 +0200 (EET) From: Timo Salmi To: Garbo-Ann@Garbo.uwasa.fi Cc: bob@bobsware.com Subject: usbbs130.zip USBBS National BBS List for March 1995 Message-Id: <199502252031.WAA10980@uwasa.fi> Thank you for your contribution. This upload is now available as 143742 Feb 25 07:39 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/bbs/usbbs130.zip > Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 08:06:38 -0800 (PST) > From: breedlov@netcom.com (Bob Breedlove) > To: pc-up@uwasa.fi > Subject: USBBS130.ZIP USBBS List for March 1995 > > File name: usbbs130.zip > One line description: USBBS List for March, 1995 > Replaces: usbbs129.zip and earlier versions > Suggested Garbo directory: /pc/msdos/bbslist > Uploader name & email: Bob Breedlove (bob@bobsware.com) > Author or company: Bob Breedlove, Editor > Email address: bob@bobsware.com > Special requirements: Lister, editor or file viewer > Shareware payment required from private users: N > Shareware payment required from corporates: N > Distribution limitations: Permission required before including in > commercial publication or product. > Distribution permission given to ftp sites > published on CD-ROM. > Demo: N > Nagware: N > Self-documenting: Y > External documentation included: Y > Source included: N/A > Size: 140k/330k > 10 lines description: > > USBBS National BBS Listing for March, 1995. > Listing of IBM-based BBS systems. The > listing contains 4,200 entries with 142 new > or modified entries this month. Editor: Bob > Breedlove. Send new entries, updates to > BOBsBBS 916-929-7511. All the best, Timo .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 193.166.120.5 Department of Accounting and Business Finance; University of Vaasa Internet: ts@uwasa.fi BBS +(358)-61-3170972; FIN-65101, Finland ------------------------------ End of Garbo-Ann Digest V95 #17 ******************************