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JR-Comm 0.94 Copyright (C) 1988,89 by Jack Radigan.
All Rights Reserved.
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First, an apology to the people who have already registered JR-Comm.
Although 0.93 was *supposed* to be the last release before 1.0, two
major bugs still existed. The dialer was giving alot of people fits and
then I got word on GEnie that 0.93 would not work with ZMODEM at all.
I had also purchased an A500 and a copy of BBS-PC! to test that beast
and figure out what the hell was going on with that too. (Please read the
text file on that fiasco...)
After finding out some other major bug-a-boos I decided, rightly or
wrongly, to push 1.0 back a bit and concentrate on the fixes first before
adding more "fat to the fire", so to speak.
What you have now is what 0.93 *should* have been if I didn't have to
leave on business for a month. I'm fairly confident of how solid it is,
and how well it will perform. Nothing new has been added to this release,
its 0.93 without the bugs, that's all. It's a minor consolation to the
people who've already registered, but I felt that I had to post a much
better working version than 0.93 had turned out to be. Again, I'm sorry for
the delay of 1.0.
I'm also sorry for the inconviences that all the bugs of the previous
releases had caused everybody else.
The registered users conference will be, or is now already available on
my BBS. Several people enclosed comments and suggestions for 1.0 with their
registrations. If any other registered users have any comments/suggestions
please drop in for a few moments to let me know what they are. The file
"Future.txt" is a list of the features I've already planned for 1.0, if
you have anything to add, please call.
The files included in this archive are:
jrcomm - JR-Comm 0.94.
jrupdate - JR-Update, 0.90-3 to 0.94 conversion utility.
jrbeep - JR-Beep, auto-detach beep program.
jrcomm.doc - 0.94 documentation.
jrupdate.doc - " "
jrbeep.doc - " "
ReadMe.1st - this file.
Changes.txt - bug fixes, changes, additions.
Future.txt - scheduled additions for version 1.0
Reg.txt - registration information.
Form.txt - registration form. (must be signed.)
Misc.notes - some helpful notes on using JR-Comm.
BBS-PC!.notes - some notes on...
zzendpad.foo - pad file.
JR-Comm Shareware info
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This is the last preliminary release of JR-Comm. The next release will
be 1.0 and initially will be available only to those who are registered.
Since this is more or less the beginning of life as a shareware product,
I have little to base the future of this program on. Although I have alot of
ideas for future enhancements to JR-Comm, I also need some sort of incentive
for me to want to continue working on this program...
Now, I can decide to go the commercial route with the end result of
imposing another high-priced and possibly feature-compromised program
on the Amiga community. Or, you can help prevent this by registering
yourself.
To paraphrase the inimitable Church Lady of Saturday Night Live,
"Low-priced evolving Shareware or high-priced commerical horrorshow...
...YOU decide."
Ok, with that out of the way...
This is the deal in a nutshell. When 1.0 is finished I'm going to
mail disks to everyone who is currently registered. Three months after
it was first released 1.0 will be made available to the unregistred
public.
Why the wait? Two reasons. First, it's only fair to give registered
users "first dibs" on a new version. Second, the next release after 1.0
(if the shareware thing is working out...) should be done by then and it
will be winding its way out to the registered users while the general
public is just getting their hands on the old version.
So, the non-registered people should be about one version behind the
registered users. Of course, this means that registered users are *not*
to pass out a new release until I've said it's ok to do so...
Registered users will also have increased access levels and access to
a private support conference on the BBS I run, see the "About" screen in
JR-Comm for the phone number.
If you want to register yourself please fill out the registration form,
sign it, enclose the necessary registration fee and send it to the
following address:
Jack Radigan
P.O. Box 698
Mays Landing, NJ 08330