Date   : Mon, 04 Jun 1984 20:20:47 EDT
From   : Rick Conn <rconn@Brl-Mis.ARPA>
Subject: ZCPR3 Status

        The release of ZCPR3, which was scheduled for the end  of
May,  should  occur sometime within the next few days.  There are
just a couple of  minor  points  to  clear  up  and  some  online
documentation  to bring up to date.  SIG/M (and, I think, the San
Diego Computer Society) has sent me some disks which I'm  waiting
on  now, and I already have disks for SIMTEL20 and Echelon.  I'll
post another message to the group when the disks actually go out.

        Sorry for the delay, but I guess the delay of a  week  or
so  is  tolerable.  When the release occurs, complete source code
to everything will be included, and  most  of  the  documentation
will  be  in the form of HLP files.  One manual, the installation
manual, will be included as well.  After  this,  in  about  three
months, a book on ZCPR3 should come out, providing tons of detail
to those who wish to write their own  utilities,  find  out  more
about  the system, and have a nice hardcopy of the documentation.
Note that the HELPPR (HELP PRint) utility, which is provided with
ZCPR3  at  the initial release, will provide you with an easy way
to print all the HLP files if you wish.

        For those of you familiar with and using ZCPR2,  I  think
you  will  like  ZCPR3 very much.  I personally can't stand to go
back to ZCPR2 any more, being adicted  to  the  new  features  of
ZCPR3.  Also, as a pleasant note, all of the ZCPR2 utilities have
been converted to ZCPR3, and the average utility, performing  the
same  or  more  functions, is 60% smaller under ZCPR3 than it was
under ZCPR2.  About the  only  thing  that  did  not  shrink  was
VFILER.

        Chat later when the release occurs.

                Rick