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INFORMATION ABOUT SNIPPETS Nov 96 EDITION
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See WHATS.NEW for specific information on changes and additions to SNIPPETS.

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DISTRIBUTION
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Starting with the December 1992 version, SNIPPETS is distributed in two
files:

SNIPdddd.xxx is the full SNIPPETS collection.
SNPDdddd.xxx contains only the files changes since the last release.

Note that "dddd" above is the date code. SNIPPETS archives released prior to
1994 encoded the date as mmyy, where "mm" is a 2-digit month code and "yy" is
a 2-digit year code. Beginning with the April, 1994 release, the date code
has been changed to yymm (following the same conventions), to facilitate
directory sorting.

Note that "xxx" above is the archiver extension. As distributed, these
include:

      .ZIP - Compatible with PKzip ver. 2.04+ and/or Info-Zip 1.9+
      .LZH - Compatible with LHA ver. 2.1+
      .TAZ - Unix .tar.Z compatible
      .RAR - Compatible with RAR ver. 1.5+

SNIPPETS is distributed through the FidoNet Programmer's Distribution Network
and via the Internet.

FidoNet locations to get SNIPPETS (for FidoNet file requests, the magic names
"SNIPPETS" and "SNIPDIFF" may he used to obtain the latest versions from many
BBS's):
 
        1:106/2000 - my "home" BBS, Comm Port One, (713) 980-9671
        1:2320/38  - home of FidoNet Programmer's Distribution Network (PDN)
        1:11/70
        Other PDN sites

Internet locations to get SNIPPETS via anonymous ftp:

        ftp.brokersys.com     /pub/snippets
          (This is the official SNIPPETS ftp distribution site)
        juge.com              /file/c
        connectn.acs.niu.edu  ~/C
        ftp.Coast.NET         /SimTel/msdos/c (also Simtel CD-ROM)
        ftp.funet.fi          /pub/msdos/Simtel/c (Europe)

World-Wide Web sites

        http://www.brokersys.com/snippets/
          (This is the official SNIPPETS web site home page)
        http://www.strangecreations.com/strange/library/snippets.htm
        http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/simtel-msdos/c/ (Europe)

Places that may also have SNIPPETS:

        Bix                   page 1445 in the programming RT
        Compuserve
        GEnie
        America Online
        numerous BBS's around the world

-------------------------------  Enjoy!  -----------------------------------


Bob Stout
FidoNet:    1:106/2000.6
            C_Echo moderator (1990-1991, 1996-1997)
Internet:   rbs@brokersys.com
SnailMail:  MicroFirm
            P.O. Box 428
            Alief, TX 77411