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    17-Dec-93  22:20:40
Sb: GWINDOWS for the MM1
Fm: Frank Hogg of FHL 70310,317
To: all

GWINDOWS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE MM1

Background: Last year I announced the availability of
GWINDOWS for the MM1 provided a certain number of orders
were received. I did not get the orders and therefore
dropped the project. Enter Ray Tremblay of Repengny
Quebec. In November of '92 he bought the TC70 version
of GWINDOWS after successfully patching the demo
version to work on his MM1. We discussed using his
patches and offer it to the MM1 users. I decided not
to do this at that time for various reasons.

Fast forward 1 year. A short time ago Delmar offered
to port GWINDOWS to the MM1 if 20 orders were received.
He has not gotten that many and has inferred that he
would drop the project. Many who had placed orders
expressed sadness about this and that got me thinking.

 Sooo... First I called Mike Smith of Hazelwood who
owned the port to the TC70. I suggested that because
the TC70 was history. And that we were not likely to
do a video board with the VSC.  He would not mind the
good will gained by giving the source of the driver to
MM1 users so that they might 'fine tune' the port for
their own use. It took some talking but he was convinced
to do this if the source was not freely distributed
beyond those MM1 owners who bought GWINDOWS. Next I
called Ray and because Mike was not charging for the
source he decided to give away his work also. However
GWINDOWS is a licenseed product and there is cost
involved even if a full blown port is not done.

Here are the details. The package includes the complete
TC70 version of GWINDOWS with manual. Plus you get the
source of the driver for the VFC. Plus you get the patches
that Ray did to make it work on the MM1. Because of the
generosity of Mike Smith of Hazelwood and Ray Tremblay
we can offer GWINDOWS for only $150.

Caveat: Neither FHL or Hazelwood have access to a MM1.
At this price we could not offer updates or support even
if we did have access to a MM1. By providing Rays patches
and the driver source we expect MM1 users to be self
sufficient and to share improvements/enhancements to the
driver/port among themselves. This is not a supported port
of GWINDOWS like those for the KiX but it will provide you
with a complete working version of GWINDOWS for your MM1
and allow you to develop software for GWINDOWS.

Availability: Ray is emailing the patches to me this
weekend (12/17/93) and Mike is shipping the source next
week. Once those are in my hands I can ship GWINDOWS.
Possibly by Christmas.

I hope you understand and appreciate the generosity of
Mike Smith of Hazelwood and Ray Tremblay who have made
this possible without compensation.

Frank Hogg -- FHL
315/469-7364