Source Code (Volume 2)

DOS and UNIX C/C++ source code from Usenet, 1991-1993

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April 1996 $39.95
 
Usenet is the newsgroup collection on the Internet. For years people have posted their source code to various source code newsgroups.

Here is a complete collection of all that source code. You'll be able to browse expert code, learn from experts, and borrow routines. Most of these programs run under Unix.

Volume #2 contains the newsgroups:

  • alt.sources: volume91, volume92, volume93
  • comp.sources.games: volume13 to volume18
  • comp.sources.misc: volume16 to volume34
  • comp.sources.reviewed: volume01 to volume04
  • comp.sources.unix: volume24 to volume26
  • comp.sources.x: volume12 to volume18

Sample packages include:

  • alt.sources: GDXBBS -- A unix bbs gdxbbs, CP/M emulator for Unix, unzip, MixView (X based sound editor), Word difference finder, WorkMan (X CD player for Suns), ACS circuit simulator
  • comp.sources.games: dominion, gnuchess, scrabble, gbp (Galactic Bloodshed), xboing,
  • comp.sources.misc: perl, zsh2.00, unzip, SC Spreadsheet, bibleref (Word and passage retrievals from King James Bible), newmat02 - A matrix package in C++, pascal Compiler and Interpreter, archie.
  • comp.sources.reviewed: ols - linear regression tool, GNU_bc - numeric processing language, lp_solve - linear problem solver, gnugrep.
  • comp.sources.unix: RCS, GNU Diff, Email fax-sending package, trn, tcsh
  • comp.sources.x: acm, kterm, xrainbow, xtroff, Xfig, Motif Xclock, 3D Wireframe viewer, xgrabsc v2.1 - grab screen dump

You get a total of 53320 files (8881 news articles) in 641 megs of data. Most articles/packages are unsharred.

The CDROM is full word indexed, which means you can find the files containing your search word in seconds. The CDROM also has HTML indexes so you can use your html (Netscape) browser to view the disc.