Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:48:21 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Jeff Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Where is bcserio?
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Jeff Williams wrote:

> I d/l'd bcsio20.zip (from SimTel) and serio.zip (from Bill's home page)
> and took a look.  They are different, so it would be good to put the
> latest version on SimTel.  But, serio.zip is not packaged a la djgpp
> (with .mft and .ver files).  How does that work?  Is the version on
> SimTel supposed to be maintained by the program author?

It's usually a good idea to ask the author to prepare an updated package 
and upload it to DJ's server, as per the instructions in the 
simtel-upload HOWTO.  If the author cannot find time to do that, you 
might consider asking his/her permission to do that yourself.