Subj : Re: DOS BBS in Win2000
To   : Steve Quarrella
From : Doug Gleason
Date : Sun Jul 16 2000 03:24 am

 *** Quoting Steve Quarrella from a message to Craig Healy ***

 ->> Doug and I have similar problems.  In my case, WinFOSSIL would do the
 ->> but alas, the author has scampered off, and I have no idea how to reg
 ->> software.

 SQ> Doug...if you're out there, have you tried ADF 1.50?  ISTR that
 SQ> Anders made some improvements in the area we're discussing.  I'm just
 SQ> now re-installing T.A.G. BBS, but am not yet ready to start testing
 SQ> to see if my problem continues.  Bet it does.

Yes I did, it didn't work.

 CH> Hate when that happens..  If people are going to abandon their
 CH> projects, at least they should release the source code..

 SQ> The Netmgr author got violent and nasty when folks asked about a
 SQ> release of the source when he said he was leaving Fidonet.  We at
 SQ> least knew where we stood with him, although we never understood why
 SQ> he was so adamant about killing the thing!  In the case of WinFOSSIL,
 SQ> the only thing left for me to do is write to the snail mail address
 SQ> in the documentation, but given that web site is pretty much kaput
 SQ> and I get no responses (but no bounces) to my mail inquiries, I'm
 SQ> probably wasting my time.  Damned if I send a check and have him cash
 SQ> it without coughing up akey.

Does Winfossil stop working after 30 days, or did you just get tired of the 
nag screen?

  Doug

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