castan@munnari.oz (Jason Castan) (07/19/88)
I just remembered that there's an init by CE Software called Aask INIT. It allows you to select which INITs you want to run if you hold the space bar down just before Aask shows it's init icon. I found it on a bbs without any docs. Is it actually pd/freeware ? It would be useful for all those people who are having compatability problems and they dont know which init is the killer. john lim
moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) (07/22/88)
In article <2240@munnari.oz> castan@munnari.oz (Jason Castan) writes: >I just remembered that there's an init by CE Software called Aask INIT. >It allows you to select which INITs you want to run if you hold the >space bar down just before Aask shows it's init icon. I found it on a bbs >without any docs. Is it actually pd/freeware ? It would be useful for >all those people who are having compatability problems and they dont >know which init is the killer. No, Aask is not freeware or PD. It was a beta version that CE was planning to release with a new MockPackage in the near future. It got out somehow, and CE has asked that anyone having it to destroy it, and not pass it on. I've called CE up at least three times, asking about availability, pleading to be able to buy it, but each time they say they're real busy on their mail package and probably won't get around to the MockPackage upgrade until late in the year, if ever. Well, Lightspeed C 3.0 just came in (yowsah!), and so I've decided that if I have to build an Init Manager INIT, I'll build one. I'll let folks know when it's ready for beta testing... "Permit me to introduce myself. My name's Dracula, Lord of the Undead. God, I do love the way that sounds." --- Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer INTERNET: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM Manual UUCP: {uw-beaver, sun, microsoft}!fluke!moriarty CREDO: You gotta be Cruel to be Kind... <*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>
brewer@clio.las.uiuc.edu (07/22/88)
No, Aask is not PD/Shareware. It was a beta test copy that someone uploaded to a board. Because of it's usefulness, it spread rapidly to other boards. When CE found out, boy were they pissed. So, no it is not releasable, and you should erase it from your disks.