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C/!Acronyms/Docs/Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
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| File size: | 0857 bytes |
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Version 3.75
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Introduction
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If you don't know what "IMHO yoy should RTFM, but YMMV" means then
this program will be of use to you. It allows you to enter an acronym
(abbreviation) into the top icon (pressing Ctrl-U will clear it),
press return and it will supply you with the meaning. It's as simple
as that.
Licence
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This program is FREEWARE which means that you may give a copy of it to
anyone as long as you do not make any profit from it. No matter what
you do with it though, I retain the Copyright on program although you
are free to include any bits of the source code (that I wrote, not the
bits Steve Mumford did) in your own programs as long as you mention
my name in the help file (or whatever the file that you include with
the program is called).
Disclaimer
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This software is provided 'as is'. Using it is entirely at your own
risk and I take no responsibility for any problems it causes.
Problems
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This is my first wimp program so if there are any faults or you can
suggest any improvements then drop me a line at wibble@argonet.co.uk
and I will try my best to implement them.
Thanks To
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I would like to thank Steve Mumford of Acorn User for creating the
Acorn User C Library without which this program would never have seen
the light of day.
I would also like to thank Clifford Downs for his suggestions and new
Template file.
New Versions
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All new versions of the program will be avaliable from my web site at
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/wibble/
-Gareth Duncan (wibble@argonet.co.uk)
PS. Yes I know it shouldn't really be called Acronyms but
abbreviations was too hard to spell.
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