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     WELCOME!: 

          
          On  behalf  of  everyone who has contributed to the Free-DOS
          project, I would like to welcome you to the Alpha 5 Release
          of the Free-DOS operating system.  
          

     INSTALLATION NOTES: 

          
          You  should have UNZIPped this archive with the '-d' option,
          to  insure  that  the  archive's  directory   structure   is
          preserved.  
          
          Please see the following files for more information.  
          
          FAQ 
               Frequently Asked Questions about Free-DOS 
          
          INDEX 
               Description of files included in this distribution 
          
          MANIFSTO 
               Statement of goals for the Free-DOS project 
          
          STATUS 
               Free-DOS Status report and task list 
          

     BUGS: 

          
          They are  everywhere,  aren't  they?    As  with  any  alpha
          release, there are bugs.  Your bug reports will help  us  to
          provide  you  with a better product in the future, so please
          do  not  hesitate  to  contact  the  Free-DOS   bug   report
          coordinator at  the  address  below.  Or, if you are feeling
          ambitious, feel free to isolate or correct the  bug  in  the
          source code, noting your changes, and send it in!  
          

     LEGAL NOTICE: 

          
          Except  as  noted,  these programs and their included files,
          source,  and  documentation  are  free  software;  you   can
          redistribute these and/or modify them under the terms of the 
          GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software 
          Foundation;  either  version  2  of the License, or (at your
          option) any later version.  
          
          These files are distributed in the hope that  they  will  be
          useful,  but  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
          warranty of MERCHANTABILITY  or  FITNESS  FOR  A  PARTICULAR
          PURPOSE.  See  the  GNU  General  Public  License  for  more


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          details.  
          
          You should have received a copy of the  GNU  General  Public
          License  along  with this program; if not, write to the Free
          Software Foundation,  Inc.,  675  Mass  Ave,  Cambridge,  MA
          02139, USA.  
          

     CONTACT PEOPLE: 

          
          Project Coordinator: 
               M. "Hannibal" Toal <hannibal@iastate.edu>  
          
          Documentation Coordinator: 
               Bill Weinman <billw@enet.net>  
          
          Testing/Bug Report Coordinator: 
               Rob Schanke <rschanke@falcon.lhup.edu>  
          
          COMMAND.COM: 
               Tim Norman <normat@rpi.edu> 
          
          DOS-C Kernel: 
               Pat Villani <pat.villani@vos.stratus.com> 
          
          MICRO-C Compiler: 
               Dave Dunfield <ddunfield@bix.com> 
          

     THANKS: 

          
          FInally,  I'd like to extend a special appreciation to James
          Hall, the original founder  of  the  Free-DOS  project,  for
          getting this whole thing started in the first place!  
          
                                             M. "Hannibal" Toal 






















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