Re: Wanted: GBBS Pro Versions 2.x

[Anthony J Politz <ajpolitz@bellatlantic.net>]

If GBBS should be ported to anything, I think the best place would be a IIGS
port to run under 6.01 with support for TCP/IP via Marinetti and HFS.

As Steven said, He purchased it to keep it alive. It should remain on the II
platform. Opening it up to PD would make a lot of interest at first, then it
would just drop off the face of the earth.

Just think, At least we know where to the program is. I am having a terrible
time trying to get some of the thousands of GBBS segs that were available in
the 80's and 90's.

    Anthony Politz

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> From: kauai96765@yahoo.com (The Apple Man)
> Organization: http://groups.google.com/
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
> Date: 22 Feb 2002 01:58:13 -0800
> Subject: Re: Wanted: GBBS Pro Versions 2.x
> 
> stevenl11@aol.com (Steven Lichter) wrote in message
> news:<20020221205919.05885.00000130@mb-dh.aol.com>...
>> << So quit whinning about Y2K (Which you have posted the same message
>> about since 1998) and get on with it.  (Most people can solve the Y2K
>> problem in 10 minutes yet you cant do it in 4 years!)
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I never know that there was a y2k problem until
>> mid January, 2000 when I came home after a job and
>> saw the date on my waiting screen so don't say I
>> have said that.  Also prior to 2000 I had sold or
>> updated 6 programs.
> 
> Yeah....great!  That sounds like progress there...I bet if you
> released the source, you would even have a PC version in 6 months.
> 
>> If you know how to fix it, both the hard and root,
>> then let me know how and I'll make it worth your
>> while.  I fixed the hard coding in the compiles
>> segments, but can't find it in the ACOS root,  I have
>> spend hours looking over the code.  I had asked Lance
>> as well as Greg if they had any ideas.  No one
>> expected the program to last as long as it did or just
>> did not think about it.  Many segments have hard
>> code date like 19xx and each one has to be removed
>> or changed to read the patched ProDOS.
> 
> Everyone knows this as the same problem existed in the 1990
> changeover. So?   Again my other point stands.  Put the program into
> the PD and I know someone will get the solution in a time shorter than
> you can sneeze.
> 
> Not rocket science.  Any first year programmer could probably do it.