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Annotation of MiNT/readme, revision 1.1.1.2

1.1.1.2 ! root        1: This is a BETA TEST version of MiNT 0.96.
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1.1.1.2 ! root        3: IT IS NOT THE FINAL RELEASE OF MiNT 0.96. It still
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1.1.1.2 ! root        5: contains MANY bugs. It's very messy, and probably
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1.1.1.2 ! root        7: incompatible with tons of stuff.
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1.1.1.2 ! root       11: Use this only if you make regular backups of your
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1.1.1.2 ! root       13: hard drive, have no fear of mysterious crashes,
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1.1.1.2 ! root       15: and have "nerves of steel". Also, it's distributed
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1.1.1.2 ! root       17: only in source code form, so it will be useful
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1.1.1.2 ! root       19: to you only if you have a C compiler and know
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1.1.1.2 ! root       21: (very well) how to use it. This is deliberate; this
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1.1.1.2 ! root       23: version of MiNT will not be supported by me, so I want
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1.1.1.2 ! root       25: only users who are capable of compiling the program
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1.1.1.2 ! root       27: themselves to use it.
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1.1.1.2 ! root       31: I'm sending this out in its unfinished form because
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1.1.1.2 ! root       33: it seems quite likely that the "final" release of
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1.1.1.2 ! root       35: MiNT 0.96 will take much longer than I had hoped.
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1.1.1.2 ! root       37: I'm desperately trying to finish my thesis, because
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1.1.1.2 ! root       39: in a few weeks I'm moving halfway across North America.
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1.1.1.2 ! root       41: So, basically, I have very little time to spend on MiNT
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1.1.1.2 ! root       43: these days. I wanted to make the new features of version
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1.1.1.2 ! root       45: 0.96 available (many people have requested copies), but
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1.1.1.2 ! root       47: since I don't have time to support MiNT right now (and
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1.1.1.2 ! root       49: since this version still isn't debugged) I decided to
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1.1.1.2 ! root       51: make this a source-code only release. Please see the
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1.1.1.2 ! root       53: file "copying" (which is different from the standard MiNT
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1.1.1.2 ! root       55: copying conditions) and respect my wishes not to have
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1.1.1.2 ! root       57: binary versions of this unfinished code distributed.
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1.1.1.2 ! root       61: (Bug reports for this version will be gratefully accepted,
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1.1.1.2 ! root       63: but due to time constraints I may be very slow in replying
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1.1.1.2 ! root       65: to your reports; please do not be offended by this, I wish I
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1.1.1.2 ! root       67: did have more time!)
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1.1.1.2 ! root       71: Thank you,
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1.1.1.2 ! root       73: Eric Smith
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                     77: Compuserve: 71064,1305
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                     79: GEnie: E.SMITH10
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                     81: Internet: [email protected]
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