Short:    Collection of Amiga- and C-related News
Author:   [distilled by] Jorgen Grahn
Uploader: ex-grahn@mdstud.chalmers.se
Type:     docs/misc

This is a selection of News I've dumped in the period between
January 1993 and November, 1994.  The selection is very subjective;
I only saved things that interested me or were new for me.

Also, I can't guarantee the correctness in any of this.  Much of the postings
are of the kind where one guy asks a question, another answers and everybody
else shouts: WRONG! Do like this instead...

amiga.applications
        Information on useage and 'hidden features' of
        well-known Amiga applications.  Practically empty.
amiga.arexx
        Programming in Rexx on the Amiga, hints and help.
amiga.compilers
        Not-too-often seen information on how to use
        programming packages, mostly the SAS/C compiler and
        DICE.  Much on startup code and things like that.
        A few useful hints on using SAS' debugger better.
amiga.hardware
        Information concerning the hardware; problems with
        hard disks; why floppies click, ...
amiga.humor
        Satire and involuntary comedy connected with the Amiga.
amiga.programming
        More or less accurate answers to questions on programming.
        Discussion on shareable library bases, much BOOPSI talk,
        some example source.
amiga.system
        Things to do with the system software. Hardlinks vs.
        softlinks, how to isolate system software from 3rd party
        software, undocumented features, how to get true UNIX pipes
        in the Shell...
amiga.trivia
        Stories from the history of the Amiga, hidden ROM messages,
        inside stories...
general.humor
        Witty or bizarre non-Amiga related postings
general.programming
        Articles mostly on algorithms and C programming style.

I hope I've not offended anyone by releasing their articles in this
somewhat more stable form.  I'm following the general rule that
things released as Usenet news is redistributable unless otherwise
noticed.  I've encountered one case where text actually wasn't
'freeware', and I deleted it (a programming tutorial by Udo "Kingfisher").

Jörgen Grahn


============================= Archive contents =============================

Original  Packed Ratio    Date     Time    Name
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    5528    2704 51.0% 27-Nov-94 18:59:16 +amiga.applications
   14156    6049 57.2% 27-Nov-94 14:15:32 +amiga.arexx
   95042   30542 67.8% 27-Nov-94 16:57:08 +amiga.compilers
   18808    7208 61.6% 27-Nov-94 15:17:20 +amiga.hardware
   28086   12392 55.8% 27-Nov-94 17:04:26 +amiga.humor
  187284   71822 61.6% 27-Nov-94 17:03:04 +amiga.programming
   52900   21996 58.4% 27-Nov-94 16:58:34 +amiga.system
   90570   37464 58.6% 27-Nov-94 17:02:18 +amiga.trivia
   14891    6594 55.7% 27-Nov-94 16:26:16 +general.humor
   67759   27900 58.8% 27-Nov-94 16:18:02 +general.programming
    1904    1023 46.2% 27-Nov-94 19:31:42 +README
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  576928  225694 60.8% 30-May-95 10:29:02   11 files