Copyright (c) James Morse Y2K +1, +2, +3, +8

please read FREEDOC

1995? Somewhere back here is a dos version ... 
	Actually the orgins are in a turtle graphics program
	done for a C class at VTC ... and YES this still gets 
	run from time to time on an original IBM PC I keep at 
	work ... 

1998? Bugs gets ported to linux ...
#0 -> 31 ... alphas ... you realy don't want to know about these do you ???
#32 one large .c file last of this type ... 
#33 split source and tgz'ed
#34 some fixes mostly to look so the bugs stop breaking the blocks ... 
#35 new tools in staus bar ... 
#36 modifed listen .. and ecobalance ...
#37 old ...

#100 new world :)
#101 fixxed FPE finally ...
#103 popup stat/tools?

#2?? they exsited some place really :)

#300 major work in the main loop
#301 glitch on some old linux?
#303 new edit function
#311 new functions no more "PREDITOR"
#312 dual display modes
#313 more data in stat mode
#3??x Modified by John Campbell
	last I heard this strain was into consumeing memory (1+GB)
#320 my lastest and greatest???

#402 a ?last? herbivore only versions
#410 yah you knew there would be more
#415 bug4 world_size ... qsort stat()
#420 new fractalized look()
#424 after two weeks of bugs in fractalized look()

#503 the preditors are back
12-31-00 ... and may be the last for a while as i'm a student once again and
	classes are going to eat up much of my free time 
#504.rcs RCS has been reintroduced (65k)
#504.src source only (11k)
#510 08-22-Y2K+1 ... GPLed and prettyfied
	on a side note this version has been run on an IBM S390 :)
#515 tweaks for attack/defend skills mostly

604 "big" new world ...
	no bugs yet but the food grows 
	there is great need of a faster print functions ... 
609 new world has BUGS6 ... 
	works under FreeBSD :) but still needs a stat screen 
613 modified terrain generator for bigger worlds 
615 small refinements ... new intro 
616(RCS) Colors ... stats ... and stravation fix

03/Y2K+2
621(SRC only) latest minor fixes ... screen sizing
	autodetect of screen size still doesn't 
	work ... ideas welcome ...
623 New nameing for tgz's ... based on date

624 ???

04/22/Y2K+2
625 Herding ... maybe ... its hard to tell ...
	modifactaions to motivate() in look.c

03/14/Y2K+3
625/6 Tracking mode ... hrrmmm GCC 3.2.2 is generating warnings ...

11-07-Y2K+3 
DOC updates ... sort of ... the creative itch is tingling again ...
I'm looking for an Opteron system If you have one to donate :)

Y2K8-08-05 Docs updates ... its been a while ...

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yes this makes little to no sence ... its cludged from the "offical" 
web page ... sooner or later I'll learn how to document stuff :)

Future ... (not nessisarily in this order)
1) get autoscreen sizing to work
2) they need threads for smp machines
3) weapons and armor?
4) make elevation and more varied terrain
5) more intelligance
6) get them to work under many OS's
7) Tamagotchi type interface 
8) remote stats screen
9) network stuff