Thanksm but back in the day i was on the vision/2 programming team, and as much as i would love to use the old tp code, i don't want to not the effect i am going for
--- On Mon, 3/15/10, Peter Williams <pewslinuxva...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Peter Williams <pewslinuxva...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Lazarus] help with bulletin board software... > To: "Lazarus mailing list" <lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org> > Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 12:42 AM > G'day Dennis, > > Back when I was a teenager, in the 1980's and into my 20s > in later > years (I was born in 1961), WE (the Williams family) had > different > computers to access BBS's. I used many models of Commodores > (C=) > starting with the C= PET 4016/32 in 1977 (circa). We moved > to C=64, > C=128 and C= Amigas (with 2x HD floppy drives, NO HDD!). > Then models > of IBM clone PC's etc. > > They were amazing! And had modems (naturally). We used > BBS's -- before > the Internet !!! > > http://www.masqueradebbs.com/ -- Masquerade BBS. > > In the 1980s and 1990s, I personally got to email, chat and > know the > man developing & programming the Masquerade BBS... We > both lived in > Canberra, Australia. He programmed with Turbo Pascal, then > Delphi. The > main features of Masquerade BBS software were the > configuration > scripts to be make it look however you wanted it to look. > *GRIN* -- > very clever!!! > > Many BBS packages are written in Turbo Pascal, Delphi & > Lasarus. Many > are FOSS. I suggest that you check: > > http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=Bulletin+Board+Software&search=Search > > Look for Delphi Open Source (FOSS) packages. Lots of > excellent FOSS > BBS's there. I think of the *Time* you'd SAVE !!! > > With Luv from PEW ;-))) > XOXOX > > With Best Regards, > PEW { Peter Eric Williams } > from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia > > My FREE Websites: http://pewink.org > > --------------- > On 15 March 2010 10:41, dennis martin <visionst...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I used to program back in the early 90's in turbo > pascal , and later in delphi 1 and 2, I am currently working > on porting a old bbs software I helped write to lazarus/fpc > for telnet , and would love any help I can get with porting > it , and or idea's on how todo certain area's of the source > code, please email me with any ideas if your interested > > > > > > dennis martin > > visionst...@yahoo.com > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus