VC> Hello Robert!   
      
    VC> Sunday November 25 2018 07:17, you wrote to me:   
      
    >> Vince Coen wrote in a message to Tom Swartz:   
      
    >>>> Is it possible to get a registration key for ALLFIX v5.13 ?   
      
    VC>>> Registration keys are no longer required.   
      
    VC>>> Get an updated version from the allfix  website.   
      
    >> What is the LAST updated version that does not require a key file?   
    >> I've tried the 6.xx releases and all they seem to do is peg out my /2   
    >> VM.  Is there a 5.xx release that does not require a key file?  And   
    >> finally, who is the current maintainer of the software?   
      
    VC> Ken Johnson has the sources (current) and is working on   
    VC> Allfix but I do not   
    VC> know the status of work/s.   
      
   It is a big project, and it is still in the work. I have been reversing a lot   
   of the mail tossing portion removed and just going back to only doing a file   
   tossing as was originally done.   
      
    VC> As far as I know all v5 where produced by the original   
    VC> programmer so the reg   
    VC> file is needed.   
      
    VC> I do not know if Ken still maintains the reg system and   
    VC> although I have the   
    VC> one   
    VC> from 2002 here it sits on a Linux system and it is not   
    VC> straght forward to use   
    VC> assuming I can or should.  I got the code base to fix   
    VC> allfix in the 2000's but   
    VC> had a lot of issues with missing sources which required a   
    VC> major rebuild and my   
    VC> skill set with Pascal was just plain not good enough so I   
    VC> passed it back.   
      
   I do have the key system, but all the keys that I have attemoted to creat for   
   a v5 setup are failing. The v6.18 is the first verion that no longer requires   
   a key.   
   There may be a key system in the future again, but it is not in the works at   
   this time.   
      
      
    VC> One area I was interested was getting both Filemgr and   
    VC> Allfix to compile using   
    VC> the FPC (Free Pascal Compiler).  That way multi platform   
    VC> versions could be   
    VC> compiled how ever at least for Filemgr it use both   
    VC> internal Assembler and   
    VC> Assembler routines.  Now many if not all of to be   
    VC> discontinued to use   
    VC> Pascal only as speed of moderm CPUs no longer present   
    VC> work flow when the   
    VC> Filemgr / Allfix runs there are still various problems to   
    VC> deal with and as I   
    VC> say my skillset with Pascal is now very rusty so I am   
    VC> hardly the right person   
    VC> for the task.   
      
   The way Freepasal handels variables to Turbo Pascal caused a lot of compile   
   failures. There were a lot of changes taht needed to be done. Changing a lot   
   of the assembler routines that were in the code needed to be removed (as they   
   were 16 bit code, and Freeascal is a 32 bit) this needed to be re-written. And   
   goin g to a 64 bit even more changes are needed. This is a reason for a bit   
   re-write on a lot of the code.   
      
      
    VC> Can I suggest you try to use different products or   
    VC> versions to run Allfix   
    VC> under   
    VC> and see if that fixes the problem of having CPU workloads   
    VC> at 100% as this   
    VC> should not be happening. MAy be look at some other   
    VC> emulators of the Dos or   
    VC> other environments that you can run in your systems   
    VC> environment.   
      
   I am runnining my version of allfix on a esxi serverm running windows 8.1   
   32bit, and everything seems to be runnning without issues.   
   Of course I want to get a more native windows version as this will run more   
   natively, as well as a linux version. I run a lot of FreeBSD and Debian   
   systems and I want to get it so I can run it on these. This is one reason for   
   the big code change. I wosh it could happen overnight, but it is going to take   
   time.   
      
   Thanks   
   Ken   
      
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