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This software is provided without support and without any obligation on
the part of Silicon Graphics, Inc. to assist in its use, correction,
modification or enhancement.  There is no guarantee that this software
will be included in future software releases.

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INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF DESIGN, MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE
PRACTICE.

In no event will Silicon Graphics, Inc. be liable for any lost revenue or
profits or other special, indirect and consequential damages, even if
Silicon Graphics, Inc.  has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

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VCal is a simple calendar program with alarms.  It uses X/Motif and
runs on SGI machines running Irix 5.2 or later.

To install VCal, uncompress and untar the distribution.  Run "make" as
root.  Then, run /usr/local/bin/vcal.

    % su
    # mkdir vcal
    # cd vcal
    ftp> binary
    ftp> get vcal_0.72.tar.Z
    # zcat vcal_0.72.tar.Z | tar xvf -
    # make

Current Features:

    Multi-line text appointments
    Popup alarms can be dismissed, snoozed, or can delete the appointment
    Multiple alarm event types (popup, bell, email, command)
    Multiple alarm events per entry (measured in days, hours, minutes)
    Month and week overview displays
    Month PostScript printing, day/week/month ASCII output
    Full control of configurable options through preferences dialog
    Support for multiple, simultaneous accessors of the same database

Current Limitations:

    Modifications to repeating entries affect all instances.

Source:

    VCal is written using ViewKit, which comes with SGI's C++ product.
    You can get the source to 0.72 as:

    ftp> get vcal_src_0.72.tar.Z

Send bugs, comments, and suggestions to mikey@sgi.com.