Subj : D'Bridge 4 status
To : Nick Andre
From : Roger Nelson
Date : Fri Jan 26 2018 07:02 am
On Thu Jan-25-2018 23:35, Nick Andre (1:229/426) wrote to All:
NA> Hi everyone, lets get our harmonicas ready as I'm afraid I'm
NA> singing the blues.... but no, I will not share the booze in the
NA> brown paper bag.
NA> D'Bridge 4 is in total limbo at this point. I'm too busy with a
NA> school course which I'm beginning to regret enrolling in, and
NA> holding down two jobs and raising the munchkin - Who may soon be
NA> the youngest RC/NC in Fidonet as I am giving serious consideration
NA> to letting her run my mail-hub system.
NA> I had a phone call with Chris Irwin, the original author, and we
NA> both agree that the code may not be possible to port over to a
NA> "modern" compiler; because there is a LOT of code specifically
NA> written for MS-DOS and the IBM PC/XT.
NA> I managed to get DBUTIL compiled for Linux and Windows 32/64-bit,
NA> but the mailer, editor, nodelist compiler, etc. makes heavy use of
NA> a third-party library called Turbopower. The database code would
NA> need a complete overhaul to say nothing about all of the
NA> assembler-code for EMSI/Zmodem, dialup, etc.
NA> Its one of these things that needs time and perhaps someone to help
NA> me port the code over, if possible. I've contemplated paying
NA> someone to rewrite some of the stuff just to get the ball rolling,
NA> but not sure.
NA> The program means so much to so many people, but I cannot trust
NA> anyone else to work on it; nor can I open-source it as I made a
NA> gentlemans-agreement with Chris never to do so.
