The Rochester Connectionist Simulator
Copyright (c) 1988 University of Rochester

The Rochester Connectionist Simulator is being made available by the
University of Rochester for research purposes.  No commercial use
is allowed without the explicit written permission of the University
of Rochester.

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You can reach other users of the simulator via the users' mailing list:
        <simulator-users@cs.rochester.edu>

If you are not on this mailing list, and wish to be added, send a note to
        <simulator-request@cs.rochester.edu>

Please send bug reports to
        <simulator-bugs@cs.rochester.edu>
We are interested in fixing bugs, but can't make any promises!
Please make your bug reports as specific as possible.

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If you are unable to obtain anonymous FTP access to the simulator
distribution, you can still order a copy the old way.  Contact
        Peg Meeker
        Computer Science Department
        University of Rochester
        Rochester, NY  14627
        (USA)
or <connect@cs.rochester.edu>, and she will send you the approriate forms.
We are currently charging $150 for a distribution tape and a manual.

If you have TeX and a PostScript printer, you should be able to produce
your own copy of the 181-page manual.  If you want a paper copy of the
manual anyway, send a check for $10 per manual (payable to the
University of Rochester) to Peg Meeker at the above address.

We do not have the facilities for generating invoices, so payment is
required with any order.

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The directory public/rcs on CS.Rochester.EDU contains release 4.1 of
the Rochester Connectionist Simulator.  Version 4.1 was released on
April 5, 1988, and can be found in the file "rcs_v4.1.tar.Z".  It is a
compressed tar file, size 837215 bytes.  When uncompressed, it should
be size 3092480 bytes, and running the Unix "sum" program on it should
yield "62514 3020".

REMEMBER TO USE THE "TYPE TENEX" or "TYPE BINARY" COMMAND IN FTP WHEN
RETRIEVING COMPRESSED TAR FILES!!!

Official bug reports also reside in this directory:

        rcs_v4.1.patch.01       fixes a SERIOUS problem in the logging feature.
        rcs_v4.1.patch.02       fixes some minor syntactic problems in the doc.
        rcs_v4.1.patch.03       a missing "return" makes commands noops on SUN4

The patches can be applied by hand if necessary, but you will make your
life easier if you obtain the widely-available "patch" program, and redirect
each patch file into "patch -p".

Other files of interest:

        rcs_v4.1.note.01        the doc's missing "urcsmanual" TeX files.

        rcs_v4.1.doc.tar.Z      the manual, in postscript format, ready to print

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