On 09 Jan 17  13:43:54, Mark Hofmann said the following to Nick Andre:   
      
   NA> I stuck with a particular version of Renegade because I didn't like the   
   NA> direction the developer was taking it. Changing database structures and   
   NA> adding lightbars and all that... actually IMO he was copying from   
   NA> Searchlight and TBBS in how the menus work. Meanwhile, bugs I pointed out   
   NA> never got fixed.   
   MH>    
   MH> Similar situation with me an my "classic" modded WWIV 4.24a.  I have the   
   MH> source code and can modify and do some coding in "C", where other languages   
   MH> I'm not as well versed.     
      
   I'm extremely well-versed in Pascal and becoming a fan of Lazarus...   
      
   MH> It takes me a million more steps to complete the same task that could be do   
   MH> in minutes with Mystic, but somehow it all works.  Like a classic car, ther   
   MH> are quirks that I try to deal fix now and then but I keep her running.. :)   
      
   I think I mentioned that Mystic to a lot of people was that "stepping stone"    
   upwards from Renegade. I'm a fan but my system will never change BBS software.   
      
   Nick   
      
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