freeWAIS 0.1 is now available via anonymous ftp:

ftp://ftp.cnidr.org/pub/NIDR.tools/freeWAIS-0.1.tar

Comments and bug fixes should be addressed to freewais@cnidr.org.

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freeWAIS 0.1 is a beta release for testing purposes only. Bug fixes
will be incorporated on a weekly basis until the version stabilizes.
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Many enhancements and fixes to the current wais-8-b5 release have been
incorporated into freeWAIS 0.1. freeWAIS 0.n is designed to be the
drop-in backwards compatibility module for freeWAIS 1.0. freeWAIS 1.0,
currently in development, will include support for Z39.50-92.

The current WAIS protocol extensions to Z39.50-88 are incompatible with 
Z39.50-92, but freeWAIS 0.1 will provide the necessary backwards compatibility
so queries may be answered from either client set.

A summary of fixes and enhancements may be found in

ftp://ftp/cnidr.org/pub/NIDR.tools/freeWAIS-0.1/RELEASE-NOTES

If you are interested in discussing wais, freeWAIS, or Z39.50, three
discussion lists exist for these purposes:

wais-talk@think.com - Z39.50-88 compliant versions 
zip@cnidr.org - freeWAIS 1.0 (Z39.50-92 compliant versions) 
z3950iw@nervm.bitnet - Z39.50 protocol

Send standard subscription requests (subscribe listname Firstname
Lastname) to:

listname-request@site.domain

as in

zip-request@cnidr.org

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