19 Dec 97 16:49, Matt Mc_Carthy (1:396/1.4) wrote to andrew clarke:

 ac>>Matt, thanks for e-mailing me a copy of msged 1.99L.  If you (or
 ac>>anybody else) happens to come across source code for this particular
 ac>>version, let me know.

 > Kim _might_ have something in the soure code area, but I got this setup
 > as a 'package', same as Mike Christian, way back when, and the code
 > 'probably' wasn't part of it, as it would have made the package larger
 > and more confusing.    :-)

And longer to download.  =)

Paul Edwards started the trend of releasing all the executables and
documentation along with the source code all in one huge archive, but I
split everything up again when I released Msged 4.10.

Kim's since sent me a copy of the source code to `msged Quark 1.20', which
came with the msged 1.99 documentation, so it looks like the code is based
on 1.99.  Comparing the original 1.99L executable (the one you sent me)
with this version though, they are quite different, at least from the
perspective of the user interface, and there are a lot of non-English words
in the source code, so it has been modified quite a bit.

 ac>>1.99L does not seem to be Y2K compliant.  I set the year to 2005,

 > For that matter, 1.99L isn't too 'Y19' compliant either!   :-)

Yes, as written in your notes to me in the archive you e-mailed.  Very strange.  :-)

 > I have no doubt that I'll be upgrading before the 'Y2K', and I neither
 > expect not request that you try patching this ancient version.

 > Keep your head clear for the current version!   :-)

Patching any version of Msged for Y2K compliance, provided I have the full
source code and a suitable compiler, is about a 20-minute job, including
the time it takes to recompile and test.  But if there's no demand, I won't
waste my time.  =)

Apart from Y2K concerns, I've been looking at the older versions, curious
if any features had actually been removed in later versions.  As it turns
out, msged 2.00 had its own configuration facility which created a
configuration file for you.  I'm a bit perplexed why this feature was
removed.

-- randy{at}zws.com

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