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.

Good for you and good luck in the future.


Regards,

Roger 
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