Subj : Re: ET phone home
To : Mark Hofmann
From : Nick Andre
Date : Tue Jan 10 2017 04:37 pm
On 09 Jan 17 13:43:54, Mark Hofmann said the following to Nick Andre:
NA> I stuck with a particular version of Renegade because I didn't like the
NA> direction the developer was taking it. Changing database structures and
NA> adding lightbars and all that... actually IMO he was copying from
NA> Searchlight and TBBS in how the menus work. Meanwhile, bugs I pointed out
NA> never got fixed.
MH>
MH> Similar situation with me an my "classic" modded WWIV 4.24a. I have the
MH> source code and can modify and do some coding in "C", where other languages
MH> I'm not as well versed.
I'm extremely well-versed in Pascal and becoming a fan of Lazarus...
MH> It takes me a million more steps to complete the same task that could be do
MH> in minutes with Mystic, but somehow it all works. Like a classic car, ther
MH> are quirks that I try to deal fix now and then but I keep her running.. :)
I think I mentioned that Mystic to a lot of people was that "stepping stone"
upwards from Renegade. I'm a fan but my system will never change BBS software.
Nick
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