I am pleased to announce the public release of CircleMUD version 3.00 BETA, patchlevel 4. It's currently at ftp.cs.jhu.edu:/pub/CircleMUD. This is BETA software, meaning: OLC is not finished and is not included in this beta release. Some of the spells don't work correctly. There will probably still be some system incompatibilities since I have not exhaustively tested the software on platforms other than the one I use for development (currently a Sparc 10 running SunOS 4.1.3). There will probably be some bugs. Most of the utilities don't work yet since I haven't ported them from Circle 2.20. There is not yet any software to convert from 2.20 playerfiles to the 3.0 format. The documentation is still very incomplete. The playerfile and other binary file formats are subject to change between now and the full production release. Certain things just haven't been written yet; i.e. saving aliases. THIS RELEASE IS UNSUPPORTED. Do not run a MUD with it! If you are a programmer and can solve problems on your own, then I welcome you to try the beta release out and see how it runs. However, if you are new to MUD administration, new to MUDding in general, or don't know how to program in C very well, I strongly suggest that you IGNORE this beta release and wait for the full release. THIS RELEASE IS UNSUPPORTED, which means that if you write me mail containing what I consider to be a newbie question, I will respond with a form letter telling you to wait for the full production release. You can always turn to the mailing list for help, though, since there are lots of knowledgeable and friendly people there. Write to circle-request@marble.bu.edu to subscribe. circle@marble.bu.edu is the list's actual address. Good luck, Jeremy Sept. 28 1994 jelson@cs.jhu.edu
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