Merge pull request #1536 from xexyl/grothe2006

2006/grothe/README.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ There are other text files you may wish to try:
 
 ```sh
 ./grothe 65000000 10000000 1344 < arabian.txt
-./grothe 65000000 10000000 1344 < olympic.txt
+./grothe 65000000 10000000 1344 < olympics.txt
 ./grothe 65000000 10000000 1344 < test.txt
 ```
 
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Most of the time, interference is annoying.  This entry is the
 exception that proves the rule.  What is a bug to some is a
 feature to this entry.  :-)
 
-## Selected Author's Comments:
+
+## Author's remarks:
 
 The program draws patterns on the screen that can be picked up by a
 [shortwave radio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortwave_radio).  It emulates
@@ -47,9 +48,9 @@ To be able to run the program you need to determine the following
 parameters:
 
 ```
-    carrier_freq     - base frequency used to host music
+carrier_freq     - base frequency used to host music
-    pixelclock       - refresh rate of the monitor
+pixelclock       - refresh rate of the monitor
-    horizontal_total - total scan along the horizontal axis
+horizontal_total - total scan along the horizontal axis
 ```
 
 If you have `xvidtune` installed you can get the `pixelclock` and
@@ -73,33 +74,35 @@ The core idea of using a machine to play music on AM radio goes all the
 way back to the [Altair computers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800)
 and [Timex Sinclair ZX-81](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81)s.
 
+
 ### Several example songs
 
-Olympic Fanfare - from `antang@phakt.usc.edu` - Tony:
+Olympics Fanfare - from `antang@phakt.usc.edu` - Tony:
 
 ```
-        4-9-91231,2222-321123123-9-91231,2222-32112321
+4-9-91231,2222-321123123-9-91231,2222-32112321
 ```
 
 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - from `fsufunkyb@aol.com` - Ben Schmidt:
 
 ```
-        1199##9-6633221-9966332-9966332-1199#9-6633221-
+1199##9-6633221-9966332-9966332-1199#9-6633221-
 ```
 
 Generic Arabian Tune - from `rdippold@qualcomm.com` - Ron "Asbestos" Dippold:
 
 ```
-        453,54,4569564459,9#95458,8987453 54
+453,54,4569564459,9#95458,8987453 54
 ```
 
 Others can be found by doing a search for "touch tone phone songs".
 
+
 ### Obfuscations
 
-- Some numbers expressed in Octal, some in hex and some in decimal
+- Some numbers expressed in Octal, some in hex and some in decimal:
-	"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - Ralph Waldo
+"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - Ralph Waldo
-	Emerson.
+Emerson.
 
 - Funky scoping, looking at the nanosleep section and `XsetWindowAttributes`
 declares local variables.
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ AM](https://web.archive.org/web/20070612152538if_/http://silcnet.org/priikone/pr
 for a bit more information on the program (search for `Tempest-AM Radio Signal
 Transmitter`).
 
-The paper\
+The paper
 [Soft Tempest: Hidden Data Transmission Using Electromagnetic
 Emanations](https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ih98-tempest.pdf) by Markus G.
 Kuhn's and Ross J. Anderson's.

2006/toledo3/README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 make
 ```
 
+The author provided two alternate versions, one which adds a status bar and
+another that makes it text only. The author also provided a version that they
+tested with Windows.  See [alternate code](#alternate-code) below.
+
+
 
 ## To use:
 
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ make
 ```
 
 
-### Alternate versions:
+### Alternate code:
 
 The author provided two additional versions, [toledo3-sbar.c](toledo3-sbar.c)
 and [toledo3-txt.c](toledo3-txt.c). Respectively these create a status bar and
@@ -27,6 +32,10 @@ make the game text only. These are built by default.
 
 Use `toledo3-sbar` and `toledo3-txt` as you would `toledo3` above.
 
+The author also provided a version that was [tested for some compilers in
+Windows](layer.c). As we have no Windows system to test with you will have to
+figure out how to compile it but it did work at one time in some set ups.
+
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
@@ -61,6 +70,7 @@ chess moves are allowed, except minor promotions on human side.
 The game will continue up to its logical conclusion, you make
 a mistake and the computer surpasses you. ;)
 
+
 ### WHAT ABOUT THE ENGINE
 
 Uses an [alpha-beta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Beta) search up to a
@@ -101,11 +111,12 @@ gcc -O3 -fexpensive-optimizations prog.c -o prog -lX11
 
 4. It will not update the window while it is "thinking"
 
-5. The space character has many useful applications, specially
+5. The space character has many useful applications, especially
    when it comes to the character limit (8).
 
 6. I still don't understand what to do after semicolons. :P
 
+
 ### CHALLENGES
 
 It is possible to convert this code into JavaScript with a
@@ -114,6 +125,7 @@ graphical interface.  Can you do it?
 Can the evaluation function be enhanced to make the program
 play stronger?
 
+
 ### UPGRADES
 
 Using [toledo3-sbar.c](toledo3-sbar.c) (which is too large for this IOCCC size

bugs.md

@@ -2395,11 +2395,14 @@ it is an `arm64` CPU - the Apple silicon chip). This fix, BTW, is a mix of a fix
 by [Yusuke Endoh](/winners.html#Yusuke_Endoh) and Cody's. Nevertheless there are
 two features that are not bugs.
 
-By design this program is supposed to crash on termination.
+By design this program is supposed to crash on termination. This actually no
+longer does seems to happen but we don't need this to be added even if it might
+be called a bug :-)
 
 You must type in caps (except in strings) and this program is indeed
 case-sensitive.
 
+
 ### STATUS: missing files - please provide them
 
 A file is missing from the archive linked to by the author so we have not been