program: fortune v1.0
files: fortune_v1.0, fortune.index, fortune.dat, readme.txt
author: mva of da bagger production posse
co-authors: a lot of people contributed the quotes. too many to mention
here!
date: 4 october 1994
requirements: kickstart 2.0, some memory (not much!), preferably a hard-disk.
short guidance:
just like the unix-version, this program will give you a 'quote-of-the-day'
every time you start it. i even used the unix datafile for it.
the program should be called in your startup-sequence, user-startup or
shell-startup, whichever you like best.
the two datafiles (fortune.dat and fortune.index) must be in your current
directory, the program directory or the s: directory. it's your life, so it's
your choice.
do not crunch the datafiles; if you powerpack them and use pppatch or some-
thing similar, the whole file will be loaded and decrunched every time it is
needed. even if you have a 68060, it still takes time to decrunch 640kb!!!
as you might have guessed, this program is intended for hard-disk users.
floppy-only folks are still encouraged to put 'fortune' with their data-files
on their favourite bootdisk!
i advise you not to read the quotes with a text-editor or something similar.
it would definitely spoil the fun of this program! anyway, i did some simple
crypting on the data-file, to keep your eyes away from it.
there are about 3888 quotes in the datafile, which should be enough for 1994
and 1995.
fortune is 'inverted shareware'; that is, if you don't like this program,
donate 25 dutch guilders, or the equivalent in any other currency, to:
mva / dbpp
almalaan 2
3431 gx nieuwegein
holland
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