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diff --git a/contrib/bas-README b/contrib/bas-README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e1c787d --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/bas-README @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Relay-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site hoptoad.uucp +From: rde@ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager) +Newsgroups: net.sources +Subject: Revised UUDECODE in MS-BASIC +Date: 14 Mar 86 11:53:53 GMT +Date-Received: 15 Mar 86 13:45:45 GMT +Reply-To: rde@ukc.ac.uk (R.D.Eager) + +A while ago I posted a UUDECODE program, written in Microsoft Basic, +to net.sources. Judging from the number of replies I had, people +are finding this useful if they don't have access to the public +domain UUDECODE, or to a C compiler. + +I found one or two problems recently; the main one was that it would +not create an output file of more than 64K due to an undocumented +feature of MS-BASIC. Here is a corrected version; as always, I +suggest you compile it if you want the run time to be finite. + + Bob Eager + + rde@ukc.UUCP + rde@ukc + ...!mcvax!ukc!rde + + Phone: +44 227 66822 ext 7589 |