1996 fixes and updates

Update the README.md files - at least with those not in a previous
commit. The updates mostly include formatting (make them markdown) but
probably also typos here and there. More probably has to be done with
these files.

The 1996/august/.gitignore was updated as well with a file that is
generated by one of the suggested commands.

1996/dalbec/README.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ We (the judges) recommend that you take the time needed to understand
 how this program works.  The source is small enough to make the effort
 reasonable, and complex enough to make it interesting.
 
-## Author's comments
+## Author's comments:
 
 This program assumes that your terminal wraps lines automatically.
 If this is not the case, you may need to change the space in the