Answering msg from Paul Edwards to rowan_crowe,
on Sunday October 15 1995 at 23:56

 r>> MoonRock has similar syntax to BASIC but is internally more elegant
 r>> and simple (and fast).

 r>> If anyone's interested:

 r>> moon014  zip     201,595

 r>> Available for FREQ from 3:635/727. Includes compiler, docs (ha) and
 r>> sample programs.

 PE> Now also available from 3:711/934 under the same name.

Ah, good. I wasn't sure if you received the file in its entirety, as FD
didn't actually log which file was sent or even *if* it was sent. I knew
which file you *wanted* because it logged the FREQ, at least.

 PE> BTW, the stuff is copyrighted, but there is nothing that says
 PE> it may be distributed.  You might want to do something about
 PE> that, otherwise no-one is to know it is any different to
 PE> Microsoft Quickbasic.  BFN.  Paul.

Good point. It's freely distributable, this series anyway. A newer version
written in native MoonRock is being developed, that will be shareware and
possibly a commercial/pro version too. As always I welcome people to use
the earlier freeware versions with absolutely no obligations (and I'll
still support them too).

What sort of wording do you suggest I use?

BTW, I may be able to sweet talk (heh) Bob Snowdon into feeding the
MOONROCK file area up to Sydney, via the return path that PDOMAIN comes.

BTW2, reckon I should also put disclaimers at the top of the sample
programs? Here's what MickeySoft say:

' Copyright (C) 1982-1992 Microsoft Corporation
'
' You have a royalty-free right to use, modify, reproduce
' and distribute the sample applications and toolkits provided with
' Visual Basic for MS-DOS (and/or any modified version)
' in any way you find useful, provided that you agree that
' Microsoft has no warranty, obligations or liability for
' any of the sample applications or toolkits.

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