On Thu Jun-14-2018 10:03, Ward Dossche (2:292/854) wrote to Roger Nelson:

RN> Then somebody must still have them.  At this point in time, as I sit here
RN> now, and to the best of my recollection, I just don't think it is me.
RN> (-:

 WD> I wonder about that.

ITs capabilities, if you could tame it, and I know of two people who did:

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2341K    09-22-1997  

AdeptXBBS Version 1.11y Full Install
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 32-bit, Multi-Threaded GUI, NNTP,
 SMTP, POP3, Telnet, Sockets, FTP,
 Integrated Mailer, REXX, Utils,
 multiple language, XMsg, *.Msg,
 Squish and JAM msg bases,
 localized date/time display and
 a lot more!

 Very customizable for almost any
 BBSing needs.

 GUI (PM) BBS for OS/2. FREEWare/2
         24 Node Version
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Adept was begun by a programmer right in this state whose name I no longer
remember.  Wait!  IT was Mark Kimes.  He either released the code into the
public domain or turned it over to the two who updated it -- one in Canada
and the other in India, both using different compilers.  I actually got it
to work, with a lot of help from Bill Kirby of the Twin Towers BBS in
Texas.  Even if it had become 100% reliable, there is still the fact that
IBM abandoned its OS, probably to work on the Space Shuttle software.  I
don't know that for a fact -- it's just an educated guess on my part.

AdeptXBBS is downloadable from:

http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/software/IBM/OS2/ADEPTXBBS/

but I don't believe it's the source code.

 WD> There used to be for example the AVIATION-echo where veteran-flyers
 WD> from WW2 were detailing whole combat missions ... it read like a
 WD> book.  

I love to fly, but they won't let me handle the plane during takeoff or landing. (-:

 WD> Then I lost it all in a crash wondering if someone kept the
 WD> archive.  

What about Ozzmosis?

 WD> Or the GREEN.029-echo which recounted 4live4 the life on the then
 WD> Greenpeace-base on Antarctice, it was wildly popular in schools ...
 WD> it was the first blog ever and read like a book... then the same
 WD> crash happened.  
 WD> Over the years some wonderfull things have been written about in
 WD> Fidonet ... where has it all gone ?

Everything that has a beginning has an end.

RN> ... The minute you throw something away, you'll need it the next day.

 WD> Tell me about it...

It's an awful truth and happens to everyone.

It is storming over here.  I thought this only happened in April.


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ Amanda Walsh