RE: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

2006-01-08 Thread Thomas Juliano
> assuming the CD/DVD's last 20 years > :) The expected life of a CD/DVD is 100 years. But who knows, there seems to be a lot of controversy over it. Regards, Tom

RE: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

2006-01-08 Thread Kelly Shipp
assuming the CD/DVD's last 20 years :) Thanks, ks -Original Message- From: aftergrasp@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Bridges Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 6:16 PM To: aftergrasp@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

Re: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

2006-01-09 Thread tjfx
> Yikes! Where did that come from? It's located on a few sites: Google Search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22It+was+bought+in+1988+by+Paul+Mace+software%22 > Microtext is Doug Wolfgram I figured that one out after I posted it. Regards, Tom

Re: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

2006-01-09 Thread tjfx
Also found this floating around on the net: GRASP was originally created by Microtext Incorporated of Irvine, CA. It was bought in 1988 by Paul Mace software, where it is maintained today. Information on GRASP and GRASP Multimedia may be obtained directly from Paul Mace Software Regards, Tom

Re: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

2006-01-07 Thread tjfx
Love it, thank you for sharing that info. Though it may not be important now, there has been some write ups on the BBS days that sort of coincide with Grasp. The BBS Documentary can be found here: http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ Although they left out a lot of BBS's it is still interesting. PS

Re: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

2006-01-08 Thread tjfx
> I'm not sure if there is much about the old Apple BBS days when I was more > active. You were on CompuServe if memory serves me right and GL was distributed through many BBS's. > I've used their "WayBackMachine" to pull up the old Gmedia website. > I wish they had more data. Gotta agree with

RE: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

2006-01-08 Thread Thomas Juliano
> That's one great thing about CD/DVD backups. If you just use standard > files (not some special backup software), you will be able to read you > files in 20 years or more from now. I agree, but I hope to see these memory chips take the place of a hard drive. Some times hardware comes full cir

Re: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

2006-01-07 Thread John Bridges
On 1/7/06, tjfx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Love it, thank you for sharing that info. > > Though it may not be important now, there has been some > write ups on the BBS days that sort of coincide with Grasp. > > The BBS Documentary can be found here: > http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ I have sev

Re: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

2006-01-08 Thread John Bridges
On 1/8/06, tjfx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not sure if there is much about the old Apple BBS days when I was more > > active. > > You were on CompuServe if memory serves me right and GL was distributed > through many BBS's. > For Apple BBS I was thinking before GRASP in the PCPaint and

Re: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

2006-01-09 Thread John Bridges
On 1/9/06, tjfx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also found this floating around on the net: > > GRASP was originally created by Microtext Incorporated of Irvine, CA. Microtext is Doug Wolfgram. When I bought his house located in Costa Mesa in 1986 there was a sign still up on one of the guest room

Re: Funny thing Pmace is still around.

2006-01-09 Thread tjfx
Found this at http://www.factbug.org/cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=893771 GLPro is a multimedia authoring application for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. GLPro is a contraction of Graphics Language Professional, and was written by John Bridges. GLPro was originally a MS-DOS program released in 1995, written as s