DOS and UNIX C/C++ source code from Usenet, 1993-1996

Usenet is the newsgroup collection on the Internet. For years people have posted their source code to various source code newsgroups.

Here is a complete collection of all that source code. You'll be able to browse expert code, learn from experts, and borrow routines. Most of these programs run under Unix.

Volume #1 contains the newsgroups:

• alt.sources: volume93, volume94, volume95, volume96
• comp.sources.misc: volume35 to volume47
• comp.sources.postscript: volume01 to volume04
• comp.sources.unix: volume26 to volume29
• comp.sources.x: volume19 to volume23

Sample packages include:

• alt.sources: C-C++ Duel - a language for debugging C programs, ACS circuit simulator, Perl for NT, ACM 3.1 (flight simulator), C++ beautifier, HTML checker.
• comp.sources.misc: tclm - TCL extensions for MIDI file manipulation, perlref - Perl Reference Guide, ncftp, perl, tcp_wrappers, newmat08 - A matrix library in C++.
• comp.sources.postscript: Clip Art, fonts, Fractal PostScript programs, lcal - A lunar calendar program, barcode - A bar code maker.
• comp.sources.unix: CALC - An arbitrary precision calculator, top - a top process display, leak- find memory leaks, clc - C Libraries Collection.
• comp.sources.x: xinvaders, imagemagic - X11 image processing & display, xgrabsc - Grab and dump X displays, xvig - XviG Graphics Library, xcalendar, xmcd - X11/Motif CD Player.

You get a total of 51575 files (7950 news articles) in 610 megs of data. Most articles/packages are unsharred.

The CDROM is full word indexed, which means you can find the files containing your search word in seconds. The CDROM also has HTML indexes so you can use your html (Netscape) browser to view the disc.

Price: $39.95
Released: April 1996