DDJ/CD Release 12
     
     About this CD-ROM
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     Welcome to DDJ/CD Release 12, which contains articles from Dr. Dobb's 
     Journal from January 1988 through December 2001. These articles are 
     presented in HTML format, along with published and unpublished source 
     code and related files. This CD-ROM is browsable with any 
     frames-capable, java-enabled web browser on any platform that can read ISO 
     9660-format CD-ROMs with either Joliet or Rockridge extensions. 
     
     There are several important subdirectories on this CD-ROM: 
     
     
     * The "source" directory includes archives of published and unpublished 
     source code from Dr. Dobb's Journal. The naming conventions for the 
     subdirectories is by year (e.g, 1998) and year/month (e.g., 9801 for 
     January 1998). Archived files are in text (.TXT) and compressed (.ZIP 
     or .ARC) format. Archives include a README file describing the 
     subdirectory's content.
     
     * The "utils" directory includes utilities for extracting the ZIP or ARC 
     archives. Compression/extraction utilities are available for a number 
     of platforms, including DOS, Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX.
     
     
     Using the CD
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     You will need a Java-enabled frames-capable browser. The search applet 
     works best with Versions 4 and above of Netscape Navigator or Microsoft 
     Internet Explorer. 
     
     Start your browser, and open the file "start.htm" (found in the 
     root level of the CD-ROM). From there, you may browse articles or 
     source code by year and issue using the navigation frame on the left 
     side of the page, or you may perform a search by choosing Search from 
     the navigation bar on the top.
     
     For more information, visit the Dr. Dobb's Journal web site at 
     http://www.ddj.com.