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Hi all

I have had quite a number of responses about the Estelle tools that I have
written, so I think the best would be to post them on the net. I am not quite
sure whether to post them to comp.binaries.ibm.pc or to this group; if anyone
feels strongly about the decision let me know.

I will probably post them next week; this will give me a chance to get the
user manual and other documentation up to date. The documentation is in LaTeX
format, BTW.

I had a query about whether the software includes any ASN.1 tools, or has
anything to do with ISODE. The answer is no on both counts. I wrote these
tools primarily for simulation and performance analysis, so things like precise
data structure layout were not important.

Also, some people have asked about whether there is a non-DOS (I presume this
means UNIX) version. Well, at one point the software compiled and ran on
Sun SPARCstations. As I no longer have easy access to such machines, I cannot
guarantee that such a port is still trivial to do. Also, I am reluctant at this
stage to release the source code, at least until the issue has been discussed
more fully with my thesis supervisor. Perhaps the best approach is to release
the DOS version, and if people actually find it useful, the issue of source
code can be broached once again. Personally I am reluctant to spend too much
time working on this software (porting, etc), as there is no remuneration
involved and time, as always, is in short and precious supply. So, if I did
post source, I would be prepared to act as a central coordinator if others
made changes, but I would not be prepared to document the internal workings
of the whole system at this stage - i.e., you would be on your own in
understanding the source.

I will keep everyone informed of further developments

Best wishes
Graham


-- 
Graham Wheeler                     | "That which is weak conquers the strong,
Software Systems Engineer/Student  | that which is soft conquers the hard."
Aztec Information Management/UCT   | 		Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching Ch. 78
gram@aim1.aztec.co.za / gram@cs.uct.ac.za