-=> JEAN PARROT wrote to PERRY SMITH <=-


JP>         Hello Perry, we were saying !

PS> I remember a few years back reading something that the original
PS> author of BW had some kind of breakdown and that he was no longer
PS> developing the code.

JP>         It was not a breakdown per se, he had a major car
JP>   accident. George Atchew (sp? ) was the name. Nobody has heard of
JP>   him since.

He came back to develop BW up to 2.30 but some kind of complications set
in due to the injuries he received. His brother carried on for a short time
taking registrations but abruptly stopped without any further communication.

The registration was carried on by a Sysop in Ireland who honoured
any subscriptions that had been sent to George Hatchew on proof of payment
but some months later he also stopped and was apparently the last
person in fido land to talk directly with the family. From memory
he indicated that the author had a complete breakdown. :(

I was one of the last few to was able to register via Ireland and
strangely enough i stumbled on the old floppy that had the rego key
on it the other day but the disk was unreadable.                               


L8r. :)


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