Rochester Connectionist Simulator -- ANNOUNCEMENTS

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(1)	The Rochester Connectionist Simulator (version 4.1) is now available via
	anonymous FTP from CS.Rochester.EDU.  It is in the public/rcs
	directory.  Read the README file there for more information.

	The distribution is too large to mail; the compressed tar file is
	837K bytes, and the uncompressed tar file is 3 Megabytes.

	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 Rose Peet at the above address.

	If you are unable to obtain anonymous FTP access to the simulator
	distribution, you can still order a copy the old way.  Contact
		Rose Peet
		Computer Science Department
		University of Rochester
		Rochester, NY  14627
		(USA)
	or <connect at cs.rochester.edu>, and she will send you the approriate forms.
	We are currently charging $150 for a distribution tape and a manual.
	We do not have the facilities for generating invoices, so payment is
	required with any order.

(2)	We are setting up electronic mailing lists for use by
	the users of the simulator.  If you have the simulator,
	please sign up!

	You can reach other users of the simulator via the users' mailing list:
		<simulator-users at cs.rochester.edu>
	If you are not on this mailing list, and wish to be added, send a note to
		<simulator-request at cs.rochester.edu>
	Please send bug reports to
		<simulator-bugs at cs.rochester.edu>

(3)	Official bug patches to date (to be found in the FTP 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.

	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".