RM> I have a trivial little BC++/TVision 555 timer calculator program
RM> with source I wanna send you, mainly for Brenton's amusement (he

How small?  If it's sort of one C (or C++ or whatever) file, then
it would be good to include it in OZPD, otherwise a stand-alone
archive would be appropriate.

RM> sorta challenged me to it yonks ago) but also for public
RM> consumption. I'll prolly attach it to a netmail msg to you (easiest
RM> for me), but if I'm going to do it again, should I find a Tic
RM> program somewhere? The last one I looked at a few years ago had
RM> abysmal documentation, worse even than Binkley's. Has that
RM> improved?

All you have to do is send a file, plus a .TIC file which you can
manually create.  Here is one of the help files on my system...

There is one special file area called "Special Requests", with a
TIC area name of "SPECIALR".  For general files you want to make
available to the general public (ie not just some crap for one
person), you need to submit it use the TIC mechanism.  To do this
you either need to get hold of the appropriate technology (Yatic
or similar), or you can do it by hand by creating a file as
described below...

You need to create a file called TICxxxxx.TIC, where xxxxx is
your point number, e.g. for point 13 it is TIC00013.TIC.  In
that file you need to put the following information:

Area SPECIALR
Origin 3:711/934.13
From 3:711/934.13
File BORING.ZIP
Desc An incredibly boring file 
Pw XXXXXXXX

Changing the "Origin" and "From" fields to your
address, the "File"
to the name of your file, "Desc" to the description, and "Pw" to
your password (the same password you use to call me).  You then
send this TIC file, along with the file you're trying to put in
there, and then it will immediately be made available for FREQ.  It
will appear in my files list the next day.  You just FREQ the file
as normal, just using the filename.  
@EOT:

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