Subj : Allfix 6.0
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Vincent Coen
Date : Thu Dec 11 2025 17:41:11


Hello Michiel!

11 Dec 25 14:33, you wrote to Tommi Koivula:

 > Hello Tommi,

 > On Thursday December 11 2025 11:41, you wrote to Ken Johnson:

 TK>> 24 Nov 10 13:17, Ken Johnson wrote to All:

 KJ>>> Hello everybody.
 KJ>>>
 KJ>>>   Work has once again begun on updateing Allfix, and correcting
 KJ>>> any bug/issues. Currently in the works is a Windows version, and
 KJ>>> updating the DOS and OS/2 versions. A Linux version will also be
 KJ>>> done, but the Windows appears to be the most requested version
 KJ>>> so far.

 TK>> After 15 years still no Windows or Linux versions. We'll be
 TK>> waiting...
 TK>> :-)

 > I am almost 80 now. I do not have time to wait another fifteen years.

 > I do not want to spent more time on this abandonware. Maybe if it
 > becomes open source and/or a 32/64 bit windows version becomes
 > available I may have a look at it. But for now I am done with it.

 > I no longer have any *C position or other Fidonet position that
 > requires file distribution. As an end node I do not really need a file
 > manager.


 > Cheers, Michiel

I do have the Pascal sources for Allfix along with FileMgr here.

I can make one or both available via my website if anyone wishes BUT be warned
that in order to migrate one or both to say FPC (Free Pascal Compiler) some 
one
will need Pascal skill set as well for some coding Assembler and in a few 
cases
machine code (8080) and covert those to modern Pascal library function that do
the same job.

The Assembler was to speed up some operations when the code was running on 
very
old and slow kit i.e., DOS and may be OS/2 using Turbo Pascal etc.

These days such a requirement is long gone as modern compilers have built-in
functions for them.


The important bit here is a strong knowledge of Pascal.

I did try and work on each of these as both make use of the same or similar
code to do many functions such as using the MKR? libraries but I found that
some small elements of code was missing from Allfix and was going to take the
missing elements from FileMgr where ever possible but other work got in the
way and I ran out of time for it all and now age is a major issue.

Vincent


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