Subj : the 411 from 2004
To : All
From : Matt Munson
Date : Mon Aug 14 2006 10:14 am
> I guess my question would be to be willing to release the
> KenGen software
> so registrsation keys can still be made for sysops that
> might still want to
> use these software titles ....
>
> If not, possibly a single "public" registration key any and
> all sysops can
> use.
Due to the deal at the time of my purchase of the ice branded
software, I can't do that....
Instead my suggestion is to find one of the several key generators
that were made to "protest" the sale of the icebranded utilities.
Those key generators were quite annoying, and I know the original
icebranded software is/was still available.
There is several problems with me releasing any BBS related software
at this point.
1) The tools and software I used to make the software are all archived.
2) The compiler that I used is Borland Pascal, and had issues with
Pentium 2's and higher. There were official patches, but
I doubt it would work with Pentium 3 or 4, let alone 1 Ghz+
based machines. I do not even have it installed anymore..
(See below)
3) Any software that I do now is cross platform.... Macintosh,
PC, and Linux..... I don't even use the same programming language
now. I am primarily using Python... (
http://www.python.org)
I honestly do not believe there is a desire for Dial up BBS software
anymore. In the years since I closed the doors after the system crash,
I have had 3 people ask about the software.
I had several QuickBBS sysops begging for internet enabled software
back in 96-97...
While I can believe that Dial up still exists, with over 50% of the
US having internet access, I can't believe that Dial up BBSing has
a significant following anymore...
As I mentioned I have toyed with making a Internet friendly BBS like
package, but nothing has convinced me that it would be worth my time
and energy to seriously consider it...
Matt Munson - The Parallel BBS - parallel.darktech.org (4 line)
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