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This project predates github repos. The README file was renamed from a READ.ME file in the original source distribution. Finding out what a piece of software is worked differently back then. Not sure how though.

You would read the printed manual

Or the magazine article...

You would type in the code from the listing at the end of the article.

those were the times. PEEKS and POKES and a list of numbers. ah, fond memories

Or maybe it included a textfile with the .nfo extension, which contained an ASCII-art skull.

Its clearly missing the file_id.diz file

Looks like FILE_ID.DIZ appeared in the 90s and this software predates it.

I would just like to piggyback on this and say that in addition to this, an image or two goes a long way people. Especially if your program has a GUI!

This rings so true to me as well. I cant keep track of all the things ive passed up looking at or using because the readme gave no info on what it is actually supposed to do.