Updated specs according to a recent booklet I got from our OLB

[infodrom/dtaus] / README

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@@ -10,15 +10,11 @@ I've attached a written down version in dtaus.txt in this
 distribution.
 
 As DTAUS uses very long integer values you can't rely on regular C
-integer variables.  Therefore I've written a small library that acts
-on big integer numbers.  At the moment it only contains routines that
-are needed by dtaus but you're invited to improve it and send back
-appropriate patches to me.  The library is called bigint and can be
-found at ftp://ftp.infodrom.north.de/pub/clib/math/bigint-0.1.tar.gz
-
-You need to extract it into the same directory where the dtaus files
-are.  After that just run make and you should get an executable named
-dtaus.
+long integer variables.  Therefore I've written a small (and
+incomplete) library that deals with big integer numbers.  At the
+moment it only contains routines that are needed by dtaus but you're
+invited to improve it and send back appropriate patches to me.  The
+library is called bigint and is included in this package.
 
 Supported Currency
 ------------------
@@ -35,5 +31,35 @@ What needs to be done:
  . Reading dtaus, simple support for currency field
  . When reading dtaus, divert the field for amount
 
+More Information
+----------------
+
+I have set up a couple of web pages describing the dtaus package as
+well as collecting additional information that may be useful to dtaus
+users.  Please check out:
+
+  <http://www.infodrom.org/projects/dtaus/>
+
+There is a mailing list set up on lists.infodrom.org that deals with
+DTAUS and appropriate issues.  If you have questions or suggestions
+please subscribe to the list and post there.
+
+Please don't contact me personally if you don't have confidential
+questions.  Using the mailing list your question and comments are
+archived properly so they can be used later as well.  As another bonus
+somebody else than me could answer a question, hence not incrementing
+my workload.
+
+The submission address for the mailing list is:
+
+  infodrom-dtaus@lists.infodrom.org
+
+To subscribe, send a mail to majordomo@lists.infodrom.org with the
+body "subscribe infodrom dtaus" -- or send a mail to SmartList at
+infodrom-dtaus-request@lists.infodrom.org with the subject
+"subscribe".
+
 Good luck!
 
+                                               Martin Schulze
+                                          <joey@infodrom.org>