# FNET/ICB CLIENT       11/18/96
# John M Vinopal        banshee@resort.com
#
# Copyright (C) 1996, The Resort, All Rights Reserved.
# Permission is granted to copy and modify this program for
# non-commercial purposes, so long as this copyright notice is
# preserved.  This software is distributed without warranty.

Version 1.4

This is the perl fnet client for those times when you just don't
want to compile fnet on your target machine.  It was written primarily
as an easy way to interface bots and intelligence into a standard 
client without the pain of C's string handling.  However, perl runs
so large that in good conscience I can't suggest that one run this
all of the time.

As the author uses only the old C client, none of the the fancy 
schmancy TCL commands have been included here.  This release is 
a full featured client with most commands.  The commands are:
	/quit (/q) /time /help (/?) /flirt /btth /hug 
	/away /alert /clear /display /personal
Those passed along and processed by the server include:
	/g /m /who (/w) /topic /status /beep /nobeep

Those still missing include: /log

UNIX
Should work out of the box with any version of perl > 5.001.
You may need to alter the perl exec line to point at your
version of perl, if not installed in /usr/local/bin.

MACINTOSH
Mac Users need Mac Perl of level >= 5.  Find such a thing at this URL
ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/ports/mac/
You want:  Mac_Perl_515r4_appl.bin
This code has been tested on a 520c with a PPC upgrade.
68k users MUST USE MAC-PERL-BIG!!!!
If you experience crashes, increase the allocated memory size.  MacPerl
crashes like mad under low ram conditions.  You may have a problem if
your machine interprets *.pm files as binary.  Cmd-I to see if they're
interpreted as MacPerl files, if not, adjust the mapping for *.pm in
Internet Config | File Mappings.

WINDOWS, ETC
Users need Perl of level >= 5.  Find such a thing at this URL
ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/ports/
I have no idea if this code works on windows.  Sorry.

