(This announcement is being posted to both
comp.sys.apple2 and Delphi's A2 Forum.)

MARCH 9, 1998 - STOLENBASE IS NOW FREEWARE!

The StolenBASE NDA v1.0 Base64 encoder/decoder has been re-classified
as freeware.  Ignore the DelphiWare notices and upload, download, use,
and abuse, to your hearts content!  Immediately following this posting,
StolenBASE NDA v1.0 will be uploaded to the Apple II archive at
www.gno.org, and posted to comp.binaries.apple2.

NOTE:  This announcement does NOT apply to any other DelphiWare titles,
like BisQuit, FreeK, etc...  StolenBASE NDA v1.0 _only_.

Why is StolenBASE no longer DelphiWare?  Three reasons:

1.  The original version of StolenBASE was released on Delphi nearly a
year ago.  Any person who was going to try Delphi because of StolenBASE
has done so already.

2.  Spectrum 2.x users now have the ability to handle Base64 files
within Spectrum itself.  This applies to many of the Delphi users, so
StolenBASE is not needed as much as it once was.

3.  There is a replacement for StolenBASE in the works, and of course,
it will be released as DelphiWare. :)  And you thought StolenBASE was
neat...

The Fine Print:

I still won't be providing any form of support to non-Delphi members,
unless _I_ feel like it.  For those of you who bothered to read the
garbage spewed forth by Rubywand on comp.sys.apple2 after Wolfenstein
3D was released, I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR ANY BUGS (OS OR OTHERWISE)
THAT YOU MAY ENCOUNTER.  If StolenBASE formats your hard drive during
the full moon, or toasts your monitor over an open fire, tough.  Thanks
for understanding. :)

If you have any _questions_, my email address is:
apulver@delphi.com

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Aaron Pulver / Vincere Software
March 9, 1998