From: mcbride@cs.arizona.edu (Chris McBride) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.cbm,comp.sys.cbm Subject: Submitting to c.b.c. Date: 31 Oct 1993 02:19:57 -0700 Organization: University of Arizona CS Department, Tucson AZ Approved: cbm@cs.arizona.edu Last Changed: 10/31/93 CBC Submissions and Postings Chris McBride, moderator comp.binaires.cbm Purpose: The purpose of the USENET newsgroup c.b.c. is for the distribution of binaries for 8 bit Commodore Machines. This includes Pets, Vic-20, Plus 4, 16, 64, 128. Commodore Amiga's have comp.binaries.amaiga, and Commodore Colt's can post to comp.binaries.ibm.pc.*. Monthly postings to CBC: FAQ: 10/31/93 - this file - BASIC uudecode: 10/31/93 - a BASIC listing for a uudecoder for 64/128 - ACE-128/64 Release 8 [August 8, 1993]. a shell enironment. Documentation Documentation for ACE ACE uuencoded versions of the main files for ACE uuencode, uudecode uuencoded versions of uuencode/decode for ACE other utilities uuencoded versions of other useful ACE utilities Submissions: Files that would be of interest to many people, can be submitted. Programs that are of interested to only one or two people should not be submitted. In the United States it is illegal to submit Copyrighted material, therefore they should not be submitted. Files can be programs that run on an 8 bit Commodore, or they can be data files used on 8 bit Commodores, for example sid files, or Koala pictures. GIF pictures, Targa pictures, or other data files from an IBM or MAC environment are not suitable for submission. Documentation for files posted is also acceptable. Submissions to the newsgroup should be mail via email to cbm@cs.arizona.edu Compression: Unless a file is relatively small (a few K), the file(s) should be compressed. Acceptable compression formats are self dissolving archives such as SDA or SFX. For files that take up most of a 1541 disk, Zip Code compression is also acceptable. Zipcode and self dissolving archive creators can be found on the popular cbm FTP sites (listed at the end). Other compression techniques are acceptable, but the two aforementioned techniques are recommended. Binary encoding: Until such time that a better technique exists on the 64 platform, all binary files will be encoding using the UUENCODE standard. UUencoders and decoders exist for all major platforms, including the C64 and 128. Files that are larger than 50K should be split into pieces smaller than 50K. Documentation for programs, should be uuencoded if they are PETSCII. When submitting a File the Subject should be of the form: Subject: progname (part XX/XX) Machine filetype short.description The filetype should be one of the following: game : A program for entertainment value utility : Program to accomplish something constructive demo : Coding demonstrations released be a demo group text : Mostly PETSCII or ASCII text, docs, information, etc. data : Music, pictures, or other data Machine type should indicate what machine is required to use the file. C64, C128, PET, Plus/4, C16, Vic20. The description should be a short, 5 words or so, description of the file. Demo released by Style. Terminal Program. Shoot-em up, etc. In addition the first few lines of the first file should contain a more detailed description. Also there should be an indication of the origin of the file(whether it came from NTSC or PAL) as well as any peripherals that are NECESSARY for the file to work(such as an REU) The requirements should be listed only if the program MUST need them. For example a 1581 toolkit program would list 1581, an REU disk ram utility would list an REU. It is not necessary to list every peripheral that a given program uses. Testing: Programs submitted to CBC will be tested, to ensure that they work. We cannot guarantee that all functions of a piece of software will work under all circumstances. Files will be posted to the newsgroup as soon as possible, but it will generally be about a week or two after they are submitted. Reposting: I will not repost files, unless something happened and a given file missed several sites. I have limited disk space on my end, and cannot keep copies of the files around. We will try to archive the files on ftp.funet.fi. Requests: If you have a request for a file, please post to comp.sys.cbm. Any other questions or problems can be directed to mcbride@cs.arizona.edu. FTP: Compressers, archivers, and uuxfer can be found by anonymous FTP at ccosun.caltech.edu in North America and ftp.funet.fi in Europe. At ftp.funet.fi Zipcode and uuxcode can be found in /pub/cbm/c64/archivers At ccosun.caltech.edu Zipcode can be found in /pub/rknop/archivers ACE is in /pub/rknop/INCOMING/Util uuxfer is in /pub/rknop/util64 cs-dos, sfx archiver, and other cs-dos utilities are in /pub/rknop/cs-dos Discussions about this FAQ should be directed to mcbride@cs.arizona.edu