THE NOLAN QUIZ PROGRAM

This program is now quasi-obsolete.  There is a canonical web version 
of the Nolan quiz at 

	http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html

However, this program will still compikle and run just fine.

Here, as a matter of historical interest, is the original README for the
BBS-doorway version.

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Congratulations, you have your hands on a copy of the infamous Nolan Quiz
program.  It should prove both entertaining and thought-provoking to your BBS
users.  This directory contains the following files:

READ.ME		--- this file

NOLAN.EXE 	--- executable binary of the Nolan Quiz Program.

NOLAN.SCO	--- empty score file

The Nolan program is set up to normally run in a BBS door, reading a comm port
and user name from a DOOR.SYS file and using FOSSIL calls to do I/O with the
port.  However, if DOOR.SYS is not present, I/O will go to the console.

To test the Nolan program, do the following:

1. Make sure the ANSI.SYS driver is loaded in your config.sys.

2. Run NOLAN.EXE

Once you've satisfied yourself that it works OK, just put NOLAN.EXE in a
convenient doorway and leave it there.  It runs unattended.

The quiz program keeps a score file which grows slowly (one pair of scores is
kept for each new user).  This score file is used to generate the scattergram
that appears late in the program.  You can remove or clear this file if it gets
excessively large, but it won't unless you have thousands of users.  Clearing
the score file will re-set the scattergram counts; removing it will disable
that feature entirely (the score file is not created if it doesn't exist).

The BBS doorway version uses only terminal escape sequences, no
DOS-specific BIOS calls, and no high-half graphics.  It assumes a 24
by 80 or larger screen and cursor addressing..

If you're installing this on a BBS, and you have Internet access, please do
drop us a line and tell us the BBS's name, location, and phone.  In return,
we'll notify you when the Nolan program is updated.  Also, though we mainly
hang out on Internet, we do like to know how quickly this program is spreading
in the BBS world.  You can find updates and related resources at 
http://www.ccil.org/~esr/home.html.

An ultra-spiffy Nolan Quiz program for MS-Windows, and another version for DOS,
are both available from the Advocates for Self Government; call (800)-932-1776
for details.  Both of those other programs were written by Brian Towey, and
inspired this one.

Enjoy!
					Eric S. Raymond
					<esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
					(author, original UNIX version)

					Peter G. Otterson
					<pgo@snark.thyrsus.com>
					(MS-DOS/FOSSIL port)