Bob Jones wrote in a message to All:

 BJ> Since no one else stepped up to help with future Maximus source
 BJ> code development through the Source Forge site, 

Nobody?  Wow.  I thought I'd remembered seeing some interest expressed in
this stuff...

 BJ> I have.....

Cool.

 BJ> My current plans:

 BJ> (1)  Enhance the make scripts to support compiling for Unix type
 BJ> systems (i.e. Linux, FreeBSD, etc.).  I would like to not break
 BJ> existing target system compilation with these changes, and could
 BJ> eventually use some support testing compiling the code on other
 BJ> platforms.  If you are interested in helping, please let me know.

I don't know how much help I could be,  but I have a Slackware 8.0 system
here that has a bunch of my bbs stuff on it,  things like the files
sections and such just waiting for the executables to support the rest of
it...   :-)

 BJ> (2)  Support long file names.

 BJ> (3)  Possibly add some security for log in (for use over IP based
 BJ> connections). 

 BJ> My goal is to be able to switch my Binkley / Maximus / Squish setup
 BJ> from OS/2 to a Linux based operating system.

Hell,  I never did finish making the move to OS/2 here,  though I've made a
bit of a start on it.

 BJ> Due to other, higher priorities, this may take a while (read: Goal 
 BJ> to complete within two years.)

Ok.  We all have our priorities to deal with.  :-)

 BJ> After reviewing the source code on a Linux based system, it will
 BJ> take some work to get it to compile there.  I believe all make 
 BJ> files will need editing due to the '\' vs '/' issue.  And the copy
 BJ> of dmake 4.0 that is packed with Maximus doesn't like to make a
 BJ> clean compile straight out of the box using it's linux option on a
 BJ> Debian/GNU Linux 3.0 system.

I have Debian 3 here,  haven't played with it yet.

 BJ> I'm also wanting to get the Open Watcom and EMX (GCC) compilers
 BJ> running on my OS/2 machine to help support the transition.  I'm
 BJ> still trying to setup my home enviornment to support the
 BJ> development effort required to reach my goal. 

Dunno what to tell you about that.

Maybe the LINUXBBS echo would also be a good place for this?

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