BINARY: Roman Style Banner Program

In <2td9dh$90...@gagme.wwa.com> don...@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Don Bennett) writes:


>This is another program that creates on screen banners.  Please don't ask 
>for the source as I didn't write the program and have no idea where to 
>find the source.  If anyone knows who wrote it, or the previous banner, 
>pat him/her on the back for me.  Anyway...

>An example;
>You type;

>roman Don

> '||''|.                   
>  ||   ||    ...   .. ...  
>  ||    || .|  '|.  ||  || 
>  ||    || ||   ||  ||  || 
> .||...|'   '|..|' .||. ||.
>                           
> ''''''''' ''''''' ''''''''

>Have fun.  :)

I can't seem to get this thign to work...do I have to change modes to make
it an executable file?  help!!!:) thanks:)

In article <2tf62r$90...@gagme.wwa.com>, Khanh Hoang <uid...@mcl.ucsb.edu> wrote:
>
>I can't seem to get this thign to work...do I have to change modes to make
>it an executable file?  help!!!:) thanks:)

	Yeah, the program must be mode 700 -- chmod 700 roman

	However, I couldn't get it to run for another reason -- the
operating system which I'm using. It obviously wasn't compiled for Ultrix
(at least, it doesn't work with this version). Maybe it would have been
better to post the source code, rather than a uuencoded binary file. 

	--Simon. 

I posted the program rather than the source because, as i have already 
stated, I don't have the source.  The the program does need to be 
exacutable to work.  chmod u+x roman.  (or 700 for those who like 
numbers).  I never bothered to try it out on all platforms, (mainly 
because i don't have access to them), but it works great on the Suns we 
have here.  If it don't work on your machine, then I can't help you.  

Don.

-- 
"The human race is a remarkable creature, one with great potential, and I 
hope that Star Trek has helped to show us what we can be if we believe 
in ourself and our abilities."		-Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991)
		Don Bennett (dbe...@europa.cs.mun.ca)

don...@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Don Bennett) writes:


>I posted the program rather than the source because, as i have already 
>stated, I don't have the source.  The the program does need to be 
>exacutable to work.  chmod u+x roman.  (or 700 for those who like 
>numbers).  I never bothered to try it out on all platforms, (mainly 
>because i don't have access to them), but it works great on the Suns we 
>have here.  If it don't work on your machine, then I can't help you.  

1.  Source is always preferable to binary.  For one, it is usually smaller
on nearly all machines (all riscs, for example) (especially if 
compiled with an inefficient compiler).  Secondly, others can
modify the source, fix it, add new features, etc.
2.  Your binary wil _only_ work on Suns like yours.  Other Unices,
Dos, Mac, VMS, etc. (probably even some other Suns) will not run it.

If anybody has the source for this, could they please post it.
Or, alternatively, explain what it's supposed to do. 

--Jake
>Don.

>-- 
>"The human race is a remarkable creature, one with great potential, and I 
>hope that Star Trek has helped to show us what we can be if we believe 
>in ourself and our abilities."		-Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991)
>		Don Bennett (dbe...@europa.cs.mun.ca)