Mulling over Donald Tidmore to Steve Asher 24 Jul 2004

Hi Donald...

> Hmmm... MetroNet might be scratching their heads wondering what to do;
> GamePort has LORD, LORD II and Planets TEOS -
> http://www.gameport.com/bbs/lord.html
> I went there a few days ago to get the Runtime Error patch when I moved
> the bbs to a "new" machine with a faster CPU & broke
LORD & most of the
> IGMs.  > Cheers, Steve..

 DT> If you want new versions of Lord igms, or rte200 patches of several
 DT> dozen old ones, check my Lord IGMs Page. 
 DT> http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/camelot6.htm 

I did, at the time I was looking for updated IGMs, and snagged a few.

 DT> Unless you are already running it, you will probably want to check
 DT> out Lord v4.06 and v4.07 beta, which has to be installed on top of 
 DT> v4.06.

I'm still running 4.00a here, with the RTE patched.

 DT>   You can get copy of lord406.zip from the 
 DT> www.nightfallgames.com/files/ web-site, from its Programs 
 DT> directory.  

I will check it out.

 DT> You are supposed to get Lord betas directly from Michael Preslar, 
 DT> and do so in this fashion.  Write email to 
 DT> e_maus{at}covingtononline.com . Message subject: Send Me Lord.  (If 
 DT> you want betas of Lord II, use "Send me Lord2". For beta of 
 DT> Planets:TEOS, you would use "Send me TEOS". )

 DT>   Content of message is not important since messages are
 DT> processed by a robot mail program.  You'll get the beta archive -
 DT> either betalord.zip, betalrd2.zip, or betateos.zip within an hour. 
 DT> The robot system mails out requested betas at the end of each hour.

OK, I will try that too.

 DT> If you want to beta test Lord for Windows beta or Lord for Linux
 DT> beta - known as Lord/32 and Lord/X, you will need to specifically
 DT> ask for them by writing to Michael Preslar at 
 DT> mpreslar{at}mailcity.com, or mike{at}lordlegacy.com.  Neither
 DT> one can run igms yet.

This is still DOS system running in OS/2.

 DT> For details on what has happened in the Lord realm since you last
 DT> were part of it,
 DT> you can read issues of Castle Camelot Lord Authors Newsletter on my
 DT> web-site. Current issue is #14, still in development, located at 
 DT> http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-14.htm.  It's been in
 DT> development for over a year, but is mostly fully current.  I get
 DT> sidetracked from newsletter work by my Lord programming work/hobby.

I have it in a browser window now, & have bookmarked it.

 DT> If you'll provide a list of the Lord igms you currently use, I or
 DT> someone will be able to tell specifically which ones are supported 
 DT> today or are classified as abandoned.

The current ones are: Barak's House V2.02; Players Market V0.13 (patched);
The Jeweller V1.2 (patched); TimeLord V1.0b (patched); Marty's Mercantile
V2.2; Outlands Tavern V1.5a & The Pawnshop V3.40.

(Would you believe a user came online & started playing LORD while I was
in it looking at the IGMs. There has been a mini-revival here lately of
former & new users telnetting to play LORD etc. I registered Lord with
Seth 9 years ago, & recently sent off a money order to Metropolis / Gameport
for Lord 2 & Planets:TEOS, but no response yet )

Cheers, Steve..

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