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- This is a BETA version of TIN, which has NNTP enabled. It is a beta
- version of TIN 1.3 PL0. The source code to TIN 1.3 will become available
- as soon as it comes out of beta. There are several reasons for releasing
- this now instead of waiting for TIN to come out of beta:
-
- 1) It allows more users to find errors in TIN.
- 2) Many features and bug fixes people have asked for are in this release.
- 3) New features have made this version of TIN better to use.
- 4) This version of TIN has become fairly stable with the amount of time it
- has been in beta, and it only seems fair to let others use it.
-
- Being a BETA version, I have left in a symbol table, and have removed a
- couple of optimizations. This will make the program a little slower, but
- hopefully will make enforcer and mungwall more useful in tracking down any
- problems.
-
- The changes since the last TIN release are too many to mention here, see
- the CHANGES for a complete list of changes to the source.
-
- tin.lsm Info on where to get TIN source code (1.3 not yet available).
- readme.first This file.
- tin.guide Amigaguide file of manpage and installation notes.
- actived An executable for creating UULIB:active.
- tin.exe The TIN executable itself.
- CHANGES Changes since TIN 1.2PL2.
- intro.txt Paul Kramer's TIN introduction. (Not amiga specific).
-
- To those who haven't got amigaguide, you will be able to read this file
- easily enough with any text reader, you just can't use the hot links :(.
-
- Note that you do not need actived for reading news via NNTP.
- Note also that tin.exe is pure (even if the pure bit gets lost in the
- archive!). You may make it resident if you wish.
-
- Note that well this executable works well on a BBS, the accompanying tind
- program has not been built (or tested). Nor are any of the DLG scripts
- present in this archive. A sysop who is familiar with TIN may still use
- this if they try hard enough (hint: A fake user subscribed to all your
- groups running "tin.exe -u" will update all your .overview files). If
- using NNTP, the server provides the .overview files. I would advise that
- you remove users old .tin/tinrc files.
-
- - Mark Tomlinson
- (mark@garden.equinox.gen.nz)
-