*** This is a limited beta test version. PLEASE DO NOT SPREAD IT. Release
*** versions will be distributable under the terms of the GNU general public
*** licence. 

$Id: README,v 1.3 1996/09/22 12:19:15 mnb20 Exp $

Babel 0.54 beta
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Babel is a news transfer program for STiK. It opens a TCP connection to a
news server and up- and down-loads news articles over it. It isn't a
newsreader, but is designed to be used with an offline reader such as
"firenews" by Christian Andersson.

The file INSTALL gives installation instructions.

If you make changes to the source code that you think would be generally
useful, please send them to me. The output of "diff" would be particularly
nice if you have it, otherwise just a description of the changes and the
changed source would do.

Distribution
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Release versions will be under the GPL.

Thanks to
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All those involved with STiK, particularly Steve Adam who wrote it
originally, and Dan Ackerman for maintaining it more recently.

Christian Andersson for writing firenews, without which babel is useless.

The regulars of irc channel #atari, not so much for keeping me sane as
making me appear sane in comparison.

Comments
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Any comments and suggestions to me:

	Mark Baker
	email: mbaker@iee.org

That isn't my only email address or the one that gets to me quickest; it is
the most permanent though. Alternatively, you'll find me on irc channel
#atari as markb.

(c) Copyright 1996 Mark Baker
