On Thu Jun-14-2018 10:03, Ward Dossche (2:292/854) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
   RN> Then somebody must still have them.  At this point in time, as I sit here   
   RN> now, and to the best of my recollection, I just don't think it is me.   
   RN> (-:   
      
    WD> I wonder about that.   
      
   ITs capabilities, if you could tame it, and I know of two people who did:   
      
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   2341K    09-22-1997     
      
   AdeptXBBS Version 1.11y Full Install   
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    32-bit, Multi-Threaded GUI, NNTP,   
    SMTP, POP3, Telnet, Sockets, FTP,   
    Integrated Mailer, REXX, Utils,   
    multiple language, XMsg, *.Msg,   
    Squish and JAM msg bases,   
    localized date/time display and   
    a lot more!   
      
    Very customizable for almost any   
    BBSing needs.   
      
    GUI (PM) BBS for OS/2. FREEWare/2   
            24 Node Version   
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   Adept was begun by a programmer right in this state whose name I no longer   
   remember.  Wait!  IT was Mark Kimes.  He either released the code into the   
   public domain or turned it over to the two who updated it -- one in Canada and   
   the other in India, both using different compilers.  I actually got it to   
   work, with a lot of help from Bill Kirby of the Twin Towers BBS in Texas.    
   Even if it had become 100% reliable, there is still the fact that IBM   
   abandoned its OS, probably to work on the Space Shuttle software.  I don't   
   know that for a fact -- it's just an educated guess on my part.   
      
   AdeptXBBS is downloadable from:   
      
   http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/software/IBM/OS2/ADEPTXBBS/   
      
   but I don't believe it's the source code.   
      
    WD> There used to be for example the AVIATION-echo where veteran-flyers   
    WD> from WW2 were detailing whole combat missions ... it read like a   
    WD> book.     
      
   I love to fly, but they won't let me handle the plane during takeoff or   
   landing. (-:   
      
    WD> Then I lost it all in a crash wondering if someone kept the   
    WD> archive.     
      
   What about Ozzmosis?   
      
    WD> Or the GREEN.029-echo which recounted 4live4 the life on the then   
    WD> Greenpeace-base on Antarctice, it was wildly popular in schools ...   
    WD> it was the first blog ever and read like a book... then the same   
    WD> crash happened.     
    WD> Over the years some wonderfull things have been written about in   
    WD> Fidonet ... where has it all gone ?   
      
   Everything that has a beginning has an end.   
      
   RN> ... The minute you throw something away, you'll need it the next day.   
      
    WD> Tell me about it...   
      
   It's an awful truth and happens to everyone.   
      
   It is storming over here.  I thought this only happened in April.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ Amanda Walsh   
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