announcing: Rochester Connectionist Simulator, Version 4.2

[bukys@cs.rochester.edu]

The Rochester Connectionist Simulator, version 4.2, is now available by
anonymous FTP from CS.Rochester.Edu, in the directory pub/simulator.
(Don't forget the FTP BINARY mode when retrieving compressed files!)
The simulator is too big to mail electronically, so please don't ask.

The same files are available to subscribers of UUNET's UUCP service.
They are stored in the directory ~uucp/pub/simulator.

This new version includes an X11 interface, and it should run with little
effort on Vaxen, Sun-3s, Sun-4s (but not on Sun386i machines), DECstations,
and MIPS workstations.  It includes various bug and documentation fixes
that have been accumulating for the last 18 months.  A Macintosh/MPW port
of the 4.1 simulator has also been contributed for redistribution.  Finally,
version 4.2 adopts the licensing terms of the Free Software Foundation.

If you are unable to obtain anonymous FTP or UUCP access to the simulator
distribution, you can still order a copy the old-fashioned way.  Send a
check for US$150 (payable to the University of Rochester) to:
	Peg Meeker
	Computer Science Department
	University of Rochester
	Rochester, NY  14627
	(USA)
You will, in return, receive a distribution tape and a 200-page manual.
PLEASE SPECIFY WHETHER YOU WANT:
	a 1600bpi 1/2" reel
OR	a QIC-24 (SUN) 1/4" cartridge.

If you have a PostScript printer, you should be able to produce
your own copy of the 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.

If you do decide to use the simulator, you should join the simulator users'
mailing list, to keep up with the latest news, patches, and helpful hints.
To join, drop me a note at the following address...

Liudvikas Bukys
<simulator-request at cs.rochester.edu>