This is a Windows binary distribution of Paul Callahan's "gencols"
(a search program for Conway's Game of Life).

Windows port by Jason Summers.
Version 1.00, 5/2010
<http://entropymine.com/jason/>

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Requirements:

* I haven't widely tested it, but it should work on 32- and 64-bit
  Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and similar versions of Windows.

Note that this is still a command-line program, not a graphical one.

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Changes by me:

* Updated the code to compile more cleanly with modern Windows C compilers.

* Defaults to running at "idle" priority.

* -prio <N> = Set the execution priority.
    Normal priority = 0. Idle priority is -15.

* -base0 = Adjusts (adds 1 to) the value of the "-gen" param.
    This can be convenient if your Life viewer considers the initial
    pattern to be generation 0, as most do.

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Files/directories in this package:

 bin\ = Windows command-line executables.

 doc\ = Original documentation files.

 obj\ = Original pattern file library.

 src\gencols-js-...-src.zip = Modified source code and project files for
        the Windows build.

 src\gencols-orig-src.zip = The original gencols source distribution,
        repackaged in a zip file.

 tests\examples.bat = A batch file port of the original 'Examples'
        script.

 tests\Examples = Original 'Examples' shell script.

 readme.txt = This file.

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This is the original gencols copyright notice. I make no copyright claim
on my modifications.

 * Gencols: Copyright 1994, Paul Callahan, callahan@cs.jhu.edu 
 *
 * Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
 * documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
 * the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
 * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
 * documentation, and that the name of the copyright holders not be used in
 * advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without
 * specific, written prior permission.  The copyright holders make no
 * representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.  It
 * is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
 *
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 * INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO
 * EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR
 * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE,
 * DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
 * TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
 * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

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