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/rcm/README.md

@@ -20,50 +20,50 @@ For more information try:
 	./rcm < rfc1952.gz
 
 
-## Judges' comments
+## Judges' comments:
 
 For a good noop try:
 
 	gzip -c < rcm.c | ./rcm
 
-## Author's comments
+## Author's comments:
 
-    Except for some silly requirements regarding input validation, CRC
-    checking, and similar unimportant fluff, this program is a fully
-    compliant RFC1951/RFC1952 (GNU Gzip) file uncompressor.  Feed it a
-    "gzip" compressed file on standard input, and it will write the fully
-    uncompressed original file to standard output.
+Except for some silly requirements regarding input validation, CRC
+checking, and similar unimportant fluff, this program is a fully
+compliant RFC1951/RFC1952 (GNU Gzip) file uncompressor.  Feed it a
+"gzip" compressed file on standard input, and it will write the fully
+uncompressed original file to standard output.
 
-    ObJustifications for this entry:
+### ObJustifications for this entry:
 
-    The Design Trade-off Argument
+#### The Design Trade-off Argument:
 
-        "The 184 characters worth of defines in the build file have been
-        carefully offset by 184 redundant and unecessary '{', '}', and ';'
-        characters in the source file."
+"The 184 characters worth of defines in the build file have been
+carefully offset by 184 redundant and unnecessary '{', '}', and ';'
+characters in the source file."
 
-    The Design Review Argument
+#### The Design Review Argument:
 
-        "Using only 216 characters out of a maximum of 256, the build file
-        meets and actually exceeds specification."
+"Using only 216 characters out of a maximum of 256, the build file
+meets and actually exceeds specification."
 
-    The Program Metrics Argument
+#### The Program Metrics Argument:
 
-        "The program source is less than 3,100 characters in length and
-        uncompresses file `emacs-19.34b.tar.gz' in about 130 seconds on
-        my HP 9000/735.  The now obsolete source file `inflate.c' from
-        the GNU gzip source tree is 31,613 characters in length and
-        uncompresses the emacs distribution file in slightly under 25
-        seconds.  Thus:
+"The program source is less than 3,100 characters in length and
+uncompresses file `emacs-19.34b.tar.gz' in about 130 seconds on
+my HP 9000/735.  The now obsolete source file `inflate.c' from
+the GNU gzip source tree is 31,613 characters in length and
+uncompresses the emacs distribution file in slightly under 25
+seconds.  Thus:
 
             3100 / 130 = 23.85       -vs-      31613 / 25 = 1264.52
 
-        which represents a better than 530% improvement in the ratio of
-        source file size to execution time."
+which represents a better than 530% improvement in the ratio of
+source file size to execution time."
 
-    The Whining Programmer's Argument
+#### The Whining Programmer's Argument:
 
-        "The inflate algorithm requires that over 400 characters worth
-        of constants and tables be defined.  Which means the program
-        itself had to be squeezed down to about 1,100 IOCCC countable
-        bytes."
+"The inflate algorithm requires that over 400 characters worth
+of constants and tables be defined.  Which means the program
+itself had to be squeezed down to about 1,100 IOCCC countable
+bytes."