旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Babylon 5 � � Automated Episode Guide v1.1 � � 32 bit OS/2 PM Version � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � What This Program Does � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 This is a full-featured OS/2 PM program that makes it easy to view info on the popular syndicated TV show, Babylon 5. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � INSTALLING THIS PROGRAM � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� NOTE: This version of the OS/2 Presentation Manager Automated Episode Guide uses "external" disk-based data files for each of the episodes it displays on your screen. Therefore, it MUST be installed correctly in order for the executable program to find the episode data. An incorrectly installed program will result in error messages when you try to view any of the episode data in the program. Follow these simple (but mandatory) steps... (1) Unarchive the original .ZIP file into the directory that you want to *PERMANENTLY* store the Automated EpGuide. Presumably, you have already done this since you are reading the help file or readme. NOTE: YOU SHOULD USE THE OS/2 UNZIP.EXE PROGRAM TO UNARCHIVE THE .ZIP FILE! UNZIP IS "EA" (Extended Attributes) AWARE! UNZIP.EXE ALSO DEFAULTS TO RECREATING THE DIRECTORIES STORED IN THE .ZIP FILE! CREATING THE DIRECTORIES STORED IN THE .ZIP IS CRUCIAL! IF THE AUTOMATED EPGUIDE CAN'T FIND THE EPISODE DATA SUB-DIRECTORY, IT ***WILL*** ***NOT*** ***WORK*** ***CORRECTLY***! No if's, and's or but's. So, if you don't have the OS/2 UNZIP.EXE, go to any decent OS/2 BBS or FTP site and download it immediately! You'll be glad you did! (DOS's PKZIP "may" be able to handle the sub-directories, but it will nuke any EA's stored in the archive!) (2) If you used UNZIP.EXE, a sub-directory will be created and all of the episode data files will be copied to this new sub-directory. Like I mentioned above, this part of the installation is CRUCIAL! I hard-coded the sub-directory's path into the program executable. If the Automated EpGuide program can't find this sub-directory, you will get a File Error dialog which tells you which data file the program was trying to load. See elsewhere in this document for details on File Errors. If you *ARE* getting these errors, go back to the top of this section and follow the instructions. (3) Once you have UNZIP'ed the Automated EpGuide .ZIP file into a permanent directory, run the REXX .CMD script named AEG_INST.CMD. This script will create an OS/2 program object on your desktop. After the program object is created, you can rename it or move it anywhere you want to (into a folder, onto the LaunchPad, etc.) (4) Double click on the Automated EpGuide icon to run the program. For more details on using the Automated EpGuide, check out the Online Help (hit F1 while the A.E.G. is running), the Offline Help (use OS/2's VIEW with the .INF file) or read the README.TXT file which is a plain ASCII text file version of the .HLP and .INF help files... 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � FILE READ ERRORS � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� If you did everything in the INSTALLING THIS PROGRAM section correctly, you shouldn't get any File Read errors. But, there are some circumstances that may cause the Automated EpGuide to give you a File Read error dialog... For example, if you ever develop an error on your hard drive that interferes with the A.E.G.'s data files, you may get a "FILE READ" error. Other ways of getting these "FILE READ" errors are caused by HUMAN error: (1) You accidentally DELETED one or more of the EP###.DAT files; (2) You accidentally DELETED the OS/2 PM Automated EpGuide's episode data file directory; (3) You accidentally RENAMED the OS/2 PM Automated EpGuide's episode data file directory or one or more of the EP###.DAT files therein; (4) You MOVED the OS/2 PM Automated EpGuide .EXE program to a directory other than the one that you originally installed the program. If you are getting "FILE READ" error messages when trying to view the episode data, you may have to re-install the OS/2 PM Automated EpGuide. Re-read the section entitled INSTALLING THIS PROGRAM for more details... 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Error Messages � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 If there is some sort of trouble with the disk-based episode data files, you will get a "FILE READ" error message. The dialog box will tell you the name of the sub-directory and file that the A.E.G. program is trying to load. After you hit the OK button, you will get the default "empty" episode data dialog. Since the program couldn't find the disk based data files (filenames: EP###.DAT where ### is the episode's number), it uses the default error message in the episode data dialog. If you are getting the above errors after running the Automated EpGuide, it is because the program cannot find the episode data files. I hope you kept the original OS/2 PM Automated EpGuide .ZIP archive because you may have to re-install the program to make sure everything is in the correct location. Another alternative is to use a recent backup of your system (a tape backup, for example) and restore the files that were originally copied to your hard drive from the Automated EpGuide .ZIP file. If you don't have a recent/working tape backup, I suggest that you delete the Automated EpGuide directory and start over from scratch. This will assure that all files are where they need to be. Go back to the section entitled INSTALLING THIS PROGRAM for more details. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � About The Data Files � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 Users of the new versions of the Automated EpGuide may wonder why I "hard coded" the pathname of the episode data files into the program's executable. Mainly for convenience, but also, so as to not clutter the A.E.G. directory with dozens and dozens of obnoxious little data files. The average TV show featured in the Automated Episode Guide programs has anywhere from 40 or so episodes (the lower bound, representing approximately two or three seasons -- Babylon 5 or the X-Files, for example) on up to 150 or more (the upper bound, representing seven or eight seasons -- the Simpsons or MST3K). Each episode is stored in a small data file corresponding to that episode's "number". Install the new version of the MST3K or Simpsons A.E.G. and you got yourself 150 data files needed by EACH OF THE A.E.G. .EXE files! OKAY!!! I'LL ADMIT IT!!! I'm an anal retentive control freak! I just can't stand to see 150+ little bitty data files floating around in the same directory as the rest of the "required" files needed for the A.E.G.'s execution. Heaven forbid that some poor, unsuspecting computer novice tries to install an A.E.G. in the root directory of his/her/it's hard drive. Yikes, I'm getting dizzy just thinking about it! Seriously, the main reason was for convenience. I envisioned some mega-A.E.G. user who has every Windows Automated EpGuide that I've ever released. In this fantasy, er, scenario...the person has of course registered all of these programs... <<>> By hard coding sub-directories into the program, this poor, troubled loaner...uh, user can stash all of the .EXE and .HLP files in one "AEG" directory, with all of the bazillion and three data files stored neatly in their own little sub-directories. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � How To Run This Program � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� There are several ways to run this OS/2 PM A.E.G. (These methods assume that you have already unarchived the .ZIP file into a directory somewhere on your hard drive): USING THE PM A.E.G. FROM AN OS/2 COMMAND LINE SESSION: ------------------------------------------------------ Simply, CD to the directory that the OS/2 PM A.E.G. .EXE file resides. Type the filename of the executable file and the PM program window should appear on your desktop. See the "How To Use This Program" section for details on maneuvering around the program. USING THE PM A.E.G. FROM AN OBJECT ON YOUR DESKTOP: --------------------------------------------------- Create a permanent directory somewhere on your hard drive for the PM A.E.G. Move the contents of the .ZIP file into this permanent directory (the .EXE file, the .HLP file and the aeg_inst.cmd are the only "required" files. The .INF file is an "offline" version of the .HLP file -- you can click on it from the Drives Object or use the OS/2 view.exe program from the command line. This .INF file isn't required for the PM A.E.G. to run). From an OS/2 command line session (full screen or window) run the REXX script named aeg_inst.cmd. It will create a desktop object for the PM A.E.G. After this desktop object is created, you can move it anywhere you want to (into a folder, onto your LaunchPad, etc.) Double click on the PM A.E.G. icon to run the program. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � How To Use This Program � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� When you first run the A.E.G., a large PM window will appear on your screen. It will have the title and version of the A.E.G. on the top border and three or four menu titles on the menu bar, and a group of toolbar buttons underneath. You choose options from any of the menus on the menu bar in order to display the various information contained in the A.E.G. The menus are EXIT, EPISODES and HELP (some versions of the A.E.G. will also feature a fourth CHARACTERS menu). Each of these will contain at least one option underneath (but probably more than one). Note: The buttons on the toolbar perform the same actions as the items on the EXIT and HELP menus. Also, if your mouse pointer hesitates over a toolbar button for a second or so, a small "Floating Help Window" will appear giving a brief description of what that toolbar button does. Here's a rundown of each of the menu titles and the options that may appear beneath (I have paraphrased some menu options because they may be different depending on the specific A.E.G. that you're running). Note: These items may be accessed from the drop down menus on the menu bar *OR* via the Context Sensitive Popup Menu which is activated by clicking the right mouse button anywhere on the the OS/2 PM A.E.G.'s window. MENU BAR MENUS: -------------------------------------------------------------- Exit Episodes Help -------------------------------------------------------------- | Prev Episode Ctrl+L | | Season 1 >| | Useless Help F2| | Next Episode Ctrl+R | | Season 2 >| | About Program F3| | Next Season Ctrl+D | | Season 3 >| | Shareware F4| | Prev Season Ctrl+U | | Season 4 >| | Disclaimer F5| | Exit F9 | | Season 5 >| | Other SBI Prgs F7| +---------------------+ +-----------+ +-------------------+ CONTEXT SENSITIVE POPUP MENU: +---------------------+ | Season 1 > | | Season 2 > | | Season 3 > | | Season 4 > | +---------------------+ | Help > | +---------------------+ | Prev Episode Ctrl+L | | Next Episode Ctrl+R | | Next Season Ctrl+D | | Prev Season Ctrl+U | +---------------------+ | Exit F9 | +---------------------+ You will notice a couple of things (that I can't recreate here because this is a plain ASCII text file). First, each menu option has *ONE* character UNDERLINED. This is the KEYBOARD SHORTCUT for that given menu option (See the section that follows about Keyboard Shortcuts). Second, the MENU OPTIONS on the EPISODES drop down menu & the Context Sensitive popup menu have little arrows pointing to the RIGHT of some options (I used the > character to represent them on the above diagrams). These arrows mean that each option has ANOTHER sub-menu. You can cascade these sub-menus by highlighting the menu option (it will automatically pop up to the right of the drop down menu that you are currently using). You can then move your mouse to the right in order to highlight the various options on that sub-menu. Be sure to hold down the left mouse button until you are on the sub-menu option that you want to choose! It takes a bit of dexterity on the longer sub-menus. If that's too hard, read the section that follows on using Keyboard Shortcuts. MENU OPTIONS: To choose things off any of the three drop down menus, you simply move your mouse down until the option is highlighted (the option will be reversed, like a button that has been pressed). Here is a list of the "general" options that will appear on most of the A.E.G. program drop down menus. ----------------------- Exit ----------------------- | Prev Episode Ctrl+L | <--- Jumps to previous episode | Next Episode Ctrl+R | <--- Jumps to next episode | Next Season Ctrl+D | <--- Jumps to next season | Prev Season Ctrl+U | <--- Jumps to previous season | Exit F9 | <--- This option quits & exits the A.E.G. +---------------------+ (Note: the F-Key function key or Ctrl-Keys can be used at almost any time during the program's execution. See the section on Accelerator Keys). ------------- Episodes ------------- | Season 1 >| <--- These menu options will pop up a sub-menu to the | Season 2 >| <--- right of each option (notice the little arrow). | Season 3 >| <--- On the pop up sub-menu will be a list of the various | Season 4 >| <--- episodes of the TV show for that given season. +-----------+ ---------------------- Help ---------------------- | Useless Help F2|<-- This will pop up a reminder on how to use the A.E.G. | About Program F3|<-- Displays the title, version & programmer of the A.E.G. | Shareware F4|<-- A shareware reminder. | Disclaimer F5|<-- A disclaimer about the information in the A.E.G. | Information F6|<-- Info specific to the featured TV show. | Other SBI Prgs F7|<-- A list of other Snake-Byte programs. +-------------------+ Note: the F1 - F7 function keys and any of the Ctrl+keys can used at almost any time to execute the various menu options. See below for exceptions. Also: F1 which isn't listed above summons the new "Online Help System" which uses the OS/2 Help File engine. The Online Help file is similar to this README.TXT in content. It is contained in the *.HLP file and must be in the same directory as the A.E.G. I included an *.INF version of the Online Help file which can be viewed using the OS/2 command line program view.exe. I included this file for the people who like to group all their "Help Books" in one directory. The *.INF file doesn't need to be in the same directory as the A.E.G. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS: Each option on each menu (and the three menu titles on the menu bar, or the options on the context sensitive popup menu) have *ONE* character UNDERLINED. This represents the keyboard shortcut for THAT given menu option. Most people prefer to use their mouse pointer to click on the option, but these keyboard shortcuts perform the same actions as the mouse. The way to "activate" the keyboard shortcut is to press the key on your keyboard (it should be a small key on either side of your ). When you press the key, you will notice that the first menu title on the menu bar is highlighted (it looks like a button that's been pressed). This means that the option that is highlighted is now activated and can be chosen by pressing your key. For example, if you hit and the EXIT menu title is highlighted on the menu bar, if you were to hit the menu beneath the EXIT title will drop down. You can use your cursor arrow keys to move the reversed/highlighted area back and forth on the menu bar (or up and down within a drop down menu). To pick the second episode of the first season of a show in an A.E.G., use these keystrokes (in order & don't hold any key down during the process): E 1 2 ACCELERATOR KEYS: You will also notice that certain items on some of the menus may have an "F Key" or "Ctrl+key" on the far right of a given menu option (F2 on the Help option or F9 on the Exit option). These are "accelerator" keys that can be used as an alternative to the above methods of executing menu options. Note: they can be used at almost anytime while the program is running. The only exceptions are when a message dialog box (the Weasely Disclaimer, for example) or the Online Help is activated. Accelerator Keys help for most Snake-Byte A.E.G. Programs: Summons the New Online Help file Totally Useless Help Message Box Weasely Disclaimer More Info On This Program About the program and the programmer Obnoxious Shareware Notice Other Snake-Byte Programs Quit and Exit the Program Ctrl+R Jump to Next Episode Ctrl+L Jump to Previous Episode Ctrl+U Jump to Previous Season Ctrl+D Jump to Next Season 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � The Harsh Reality of Trickle Down Economics � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� This program took a lot of hard work to produce. I have completely re-designed the OS/2 Presentation Manager Automated Episode Guide engine, adding ONLINE HELP, a Toolbar, Floating Help Windows and a Context Sensitve Popup Menu. This involved several weeks of honing the OS/2 PM code and a couple of weeks of entering the data and debugging/proof reading the output). This all resulted in THOUSANDS of lines of C/C++ code!) And, unfortunately, nothing in life is free. But this nifty little program almost is! That's right -- you can clear your conscience and assure that there'll be future updates to this program (as well as other neato-frito programs from Snake-Byte) for the ridiculously reasonable, almost-FREE sum of $5.00. How can we afford to let this rare jewel of a program go for the piddly little amount of $5.00?!?! Because, here at Snake-Byte, we deal in VOLUME! VOLUME!! VOLUME!!! We'll eat a bug to make a sale! Come on down to our Midnight Madness sale and...Wait a minute. Wrong sales pitch. Sorry. Anyway, you get the picture. . What do you get for your $5.00? That warm-tummy feeling of satisfaction knowing you did the RIGHT thing. This program is in no way "Crippled". I detest "CrippleWare" and decided early on that I wouldn't do that kind of thing. So, there's no "registered version". What you have now is the fully-functional program. It contains one little shareware notice option on the Help menu (that you don't even have to look at if you don't want to) and it shows that "nag" screen ONLY when you exit the program, so it doesn't inconvenience you before or during the program's execution. (And if that gets your shorts in a bunch, send me a 3.5 disk plus return postage and the registration fee and I'll compile you a special version sans nags!). Here's where to send the cash/check/money order: Will Morgan 2516 Wood St. Texarkana, Tx 75503 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � A Note To Fans Of This TV Show Outside The U.S.A. � � Who Want To Register This A.E.G. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Because this TV Show is also popular overseas, a perplexing question came up recently from a person in the United Kingdom: How do I get the proper currency to register the A.E.G.? Well, John McCoy came up with a solution to this problem. His email message follows: Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 21:31:21 Subject: Re: Yeah, I finally did it.... From: "John A. McCoy" All I did was take my VISA card to a Bureau d'Echanges (currency exchange) and say: "I would like to buy US, American Dollars, please." It took a while for the clerk to follow my intent, but I eventually got in odd-looking money. I slipped both into an airmail envelope and added stamps, and an address. Hopefully the correct address. You don't need a card to buy currency, any Bx will take any currency and sell you any other, and that day's rate for swapping is marked prominently. The rate you buy dollars with sterling pounds is LESS than the rate you buy pounds with dollars. And they charge a commision, but these rules and extras are also made prominent. Have to be, by law. John A. McCoy email: jamccoy@maurabrid.win-uk.net 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � The History of This OS/2 PM Program � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Version 0.999 - Beta version. Honed the mechanics of the program. Version 1.0 - First release version of this 32 bit OS/2 PM program. Version 1.1 - This version features redesigned episode info dialogs that are easier to read! This is also the first OS/2 PM A.E.G. to include the new Context Sensitive Popup Menu, the Toolbar, the Floating Help Window and Online Help features! The episode data is now complete through the end of Season Three of Babylon 5. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Known Bugs & Problems � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� One small one: The Floating Help Windows use mouse coordinates to calculate when they should pop up to describe a Toolbar button. If you drop down a menu from the menu bar and don't release the left mouse button while scrolling down through the menu options, when you are at the same mouse coordinates as one of the toolbar buttons, one of the floating help windows will appear onscreen OVER the drop down menu. Note: This doesn't affect the operation of the program in any way. It's just a picky little annoyance. Work-arounds: If this little bug annoys you, (a) Use the Keyboard Shortcut to drop down the menu and the cursor keys to scroll down the menu options or (b) click the left mouse button to activate the drop down menu, then release the left mouse button. The menu will still be open and active. You can now move your mouse pointer to whichever option you want without the floating help windows appearing. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Swatting Any Pesky Insects � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 If you encounter any problems with this program (either bugs in the actual mechanics of the program, or misspellings and/or incorrect info in the various episode data fields) please drop me a line at one of e-mail addresses in the last section of this document. I will try and implement the fix in the next version of the program that I release. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Big Plans For The Future � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 What?!?! The new Toolbar, Context Sensitive Popup Menu, Floating Help Windows, and Online Help System features weren't enough for you?! Whoah, tough crowd. Seriously, I'm always tinkering with my programs, and here are a few things that may (or may not?) appear in future versions: I will update this program if/when new episdes/seasons are completed. If the show no longer exists on television, the only updating I can do is to correct any misspellings and other errata. If you spot something that is wrong, email me and I'll include the correction in the next version. I'll probably add some printing routines so you can print out a brief episode list, eps by season, a particular episode by itself or a full blown, everthing-included EpGuide. I want to add some global search routines. I'd really like to add some multi-media stuff to the program, like sound clips or maybe some pictures. But due to the legal ramifications, this dream may never come true. Slimy show-bid'ness lawyers just love to prey on the little guys who use the images and sound clips of their copyrighted and trademarked clients. Other A.E.G.'s? Yes, TV Buffs and Couch Potatoes! I plan on releasing a series of A.E.G.'s for various TV shows based on this A.E.G. "engine". Here are the shows that currently have A.E.G.'s available in 32 bit DOS, 32 bit OS/2 Text *AND* PM versions as well as 16 & 32 bit Windows versions. (check at ftp.slinknet.com /pub/snake): TV Show Name DOS Filename OS/2 Text OS/2 PM Win Filename ======================================================================== Mystery Science MSTDOS##.ZIP MSTOS2##.ZIP MST_PM##.ZIP MSTWIN##.ZIP Theater 3000 Win32/Win95-->MSTW32##.ZIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The X-Files XFLDOS##.ZIP XFLOS2##.ZIP XFL_PM##.ZIP XFLWIN##.ZIP Win32/Win95-->XFLW32##.ZIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quantum Leap QLPDOS##.ZIP QLPOS2##.ZIP QLP_PM##.ZIP QLPWIN##.ZIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Star Trek: TNGDOS##.ZIP TNGOS2##.ZIP TNG_PM##.ZIP TNGWIN##.ZIP Next Generation Win32/Win95-->TNGW32##.ZIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Star Trek: TOSDOS##.ZIP TOSOS2##.ZIP TOS_PM##.ZIP TOSWIN##.ZIP Original Series Win32/Win95-->TOSW32##.ZIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Deep Space 9 DS9DOS##.ZIP DS9OS2##.ZIP DS9_PM##.ZIP DS9WIN##.ZIP Win32/Win95-->DS9W32##.ZIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Simpsons SMPDOS##.ZIP SMPOS2##.ZIP SMP_PM##.ZIP SMPWIN##.ZIP Win32/Win95-->SMPW32##.ZIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Babylon 5 BA5DOS##.ZIP BA5OS2##.ZIP BA5_PM##.ZIP BA5WIN##.ZIP Win32/Win95-->BA5W32##.ZIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Star Trek: VOY_PM##.ZIP VOYWIN##.ZIP BVS_PM##.ZIP BVSWIN##.ZIP Voyager Win32/Win95-->VOYW32##.ZIP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beavis and BVS_PM##.ZIP BVSWIN##.ZIP BVS_PM##.ZIP BVSWIN##.ZIP Butt-Head Win32/Win95-->BVSW32##.ZIP ======================================================================== *ALL* versions are available on the FTP site at ftp.slinknet.com, which is where I release all Snake-Byte programs. The path is /pub/snake You can also point your World Wide Web browser to the following URL: http://www.slinknet.com/~wmorgan/snake.html If you're interested in seeing an A.E.G. for your favorite show, contact me via one of the methods described below. Production of other A.E.G.'s depend on the availability of information about the show (via Internet) and whether or not the show's info translates well to a single screen in the A.E.G. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Other Programs Available From Snake-Byte � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 32 bit DOS, 32 bit OS/2 text mode, 32 bit OS/2 Presentation Manager & 16 bit Windows/Win95 versions of the DALLAS COWBOY FANATIC's Companion. They're available from ftp.slinknet.com /pub/snake/cowboys the filenames CBYDOS##.ZIP (DOS) or CBYOS2##.ZIP (OS/2 text), CBYWIN##.ZIP (Win16/Win95) or CBY_PM##.ZIP (OS/2 P.M.). 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � Gratitude Department � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 Extra special thanks to Frank Miller, my C programming guru. If it weren't for Frank, I probably would've given up on C programming within the first few days. He has helped me solve many of my seemingly endless beginner's problems. Special thanks to Peter Fitzsimmons & all the OS/2 programming gurus on the Fidonet OS/2 Programming echo which is a gold mine of info for OS/2 programming beginners, like me. Another special thank you goes to all the OS/2 programming gurus who are responsible for the Electronic Developer's Magazine, an OS/2 .INF file full of great information on just about anything you can think of. If you're a beginner or intermediate who wants to learn some nifty things about OS/2 programming, RUN, don't walk to the Hobbes OS/2 FTP site or CD Rom and check out these fantastic help files! Super-Duper thanks to Janis Kracht for all the work she's done on the Snake-Byte File Distribution Network! Similar thanks go to the people at US Robotics for giving shareware authors the oppurtunity to start FDN's and get their programs to a wider audience. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Contacting The Author Of This Program � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Want to thank me for such a fantastic program? Bitch me out for wasting your download time and hard drive space? Suggest future additions to this program? Have an idea for a future program? Point out picky little mistakes or actual bugs? Need a cyber-shoulder to cry on? Well, for all these reasons except that last one, there, you can contact me by one of the following methods: Internet e-mail: wmorgan@slinknet.com Internet WWW page: http://www.slinknet.com/~wmorgan/snake.html Internet FTP site: ftp://ftp.slinknet.com /pub/snake US Snail Mail: See address in the Shareware Nag... 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � The Snake-Byte File Distribution Network � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 Snake-Byte FDN is carried by all IFDC FileGate HUBs and SuperSites (Zones 1-6), and EXEC-PC BBS, as well as Planet Connect Satellite Systems, PageSat Satellite Systems, the FidoNet FileBone, and paonline.com. Files are also available via FidoNet File Request or first time download at 1:2320/38 (502-245-8117) or 1:2320/100 (502-245-1146), at V.Everything. ========================================================================= International Sites for Snake-Byte FDN: ========================================================================= * International HUB/SuperSite Map * IFDC FileGate Project ========================================================================= ========================================================================= Zone 1 Main Site USRobotics Skokie, Ill. ========================================================================= * North American HUBS * ========================================================================= 1:270/101 George Peace PageSat Satellite Systems Harrisburg, PA (FidoNet FileBone) 1:3615/50 Planet Connect Satellite Systems 1:154/280 EXEC-PC BBS Elm Grove, WI 1:124/7009 Lee Laird Garland, TX 1:167/234 Patrick Dufresne Quebec, Canada 1:115/251 Tony Tang Wilmette, ILL. 1:2320/38 Janis Kracht Louisville, KY 1:272/44 Ted Delamare Middletown NY ========================================================================= * IFDC FileGate International SuperSites * ========================================================================= Zone 2 United Kingdom SuperSite Fareham, UK 2:251/25 Graham Print - Fareham ========================================================================= 2:281/506 Ron Huiskes Netherlands Mainland Europe SuperSite ========================================================================= Zone 3 Ausralian SuperSite Essendon Victoria 3:50/99 Steven Lutrov ========================================================================= Zone 4 South American SuperSite Bolivia, S. America 4:823/1 Adolfo Justiniano ========================================================================= Zone 5 South African SuperSite Port Elizabeth 5:7104/2 Henk Wolsink ========================================================================= * Zone 6, Asian SuperSite * ========================================================================= 6:731/16 Bill English Tokyo, Japan =========================================================================