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GNU Xboard introductory letter

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Stuart Cracraft

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May 15, 1992, 3:09:30 AM5/15/92
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To: GNU Xboard beta testers

From: Stuart Cracraft

Subj: GNU Xboard ---*** BETA RELEASE ***---

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This is the GNU Xboard beta test. Please do not redistribute it.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you know someone who wants to become a beta tester, have them
contact crac...@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu.

Following are two (2) files comprising a uuencoded compressed tar
file:

1) strip off email headers and trailers
of each message (noting number in subject-line of each msg)
2) combine the messages in numerical order
as indicated by the stripped-off subject-line
3) assume the result is a file called "foo"
4) uudecode foo
5) uncompress the .Z compressed file
6) untar the tar file
7) connect to the xboard directory
8) read the file "Makefile".
9) Change makefile variables accordingly!!! (***VERY IMPORTANT***)
10) run Make

Report bugs to:

crac...@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu

Thanks for testing GNU Xboard, beta release.

Stuart

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