Hello, All.

Speaking of free, I am attempting to work on an old favorite BBS software of mine, Shotgun Professional BBS. The source is out there, but I am trying to find two commercial libraries that are no longer available: Async Professional for DOS and the entire set of Genus Microprogramming SVGA libraries. Can anyone help me find those?

Later,
Sean

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Speaking of free, I am attempting to work on an old favorite BBS
software of mine, Shotgun Professional BBS. The source is out
there, but I am trying to find two commercial libraries that are no
longer available: Async Professional for DOS

Async Pro was from Turbo Power, wasn't it? if it has been released, it may be on their web site...

and the entire set of Genus Microprogramming SVGA libraries. Can
anyone help me find those?

never heard of that but then again, i don't do graphical coding like that... i've always done my own libs and have forgotten more about so much than i can even recall having once known :lol:

PS: did you ever get the VFOSSIL stuff you were looking for? i responded to your message in that other echo but never saw a response from you...

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Hello, mark.

Thursday April 08 2010 at 16:53, you wrote to me:

Async Pro was from Turbo Power, wasn't it? if it has been released, it
may be on their web site...

They released the Delphi and C++ version, but not the DOS version.

never heard of that but then again, i don't do graphical coding like that... i've always done my own libs and have forgotten more about so
much than i can even recall having once known :lol:

Well, this was for a shareware BBS package that did have some nice features, so
it's to be expected he'd use a commercial library.

PS: did you ever get the VFOSSIL stuff you were looking for? i
responded to your message in that other echo but never saw a response
from you...

Yes, I did, thanks. I got three different archives including the full original
VFOSS_IBM archive.

Later,
Sean

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Async Pro was from Turbo Power, wasn't it? if it has been released, it
may be on their web site...

They released the Delphi and C++ version, but not the DOS version.

hunh? do you mean not the PASCAL version? even so, it may be possible to recreate it from one or both of the others...

never heard of that but then again, i don't do graphical coding like that... i've always done my own libs and have forgotten more about so
much than i can even recall having once known :lol:

Well, this was for a shareware BBS package that did have some nice features, so it's to be expected he'd use a commercial library.

oooook... :rolleyes:

PS: did you ever get the VFOSSIL stuff you were looking for? i
responded to your message in that other echo but never saw a response
from you...

Yes, I did, thanks. I got three different archives including the
full original VFOSS_IBM archive.

excellent... i'm glad i still had them... i used to have more but dunno what happened to them :? :(

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Hello, mark.

Friday April 09 2010 at 07:42, you wrote to me:

hunh? do you mean not the PASCAL version? even so, it may be possible
to recreate it from one or both of the others...

No, I said what I said. The DOS version isn't available.

oooook... :rolleyes:

Whatever the case, I am trying to find those libraries.

Later,
Sean

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hunh? do you mean not the PASCAL version? even so, it may be possible
to recreate it from one or both of the others...

No, I said what I said. The DOS version isn't available.

i'm still confused... are you saying that the C(++) flavor isn't oriented to DOS? delphi stuff can also be DOS (actually non-GUI) or windows (read as GUI) oriented...

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Hello, mark.

Friday April 09 2010 at 22:55, you wrote to me:

i'm still confused... are you saying that the C(++) flavor isn't
oriented to DOS? delphi stuff can also be DOS (actually non-GUI) or windows (read as GUI) oriented...

Correct. The available APRO versions will not work for what I need. This was written using Borland Pascal which does not have any Delphi syntax in it. It was actually developed under OS/2 using Borland Pascal.

Later,
Sean

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Correct. The available APRO versions will not work for what I need.

I have it somewhere. Problem is it's on a diskette among some 500 other, and
most likely on a 5 1/4" diskette that I no longer have equipment to read.

But I have it installed in my TP7 installation, so if you can give me the names of the units you need, I might be able to find them for you.

I guess, however, that will not help you if you cannot find the other package?

Also, I strongly recommend not using the APRO units. They were full of tricks and cheats that can make your program unstable, so, if possible, it's better to try to write around the APRO units. Yes, I know, it takes a lot of work... :)

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Hello, Björn.

Sunday April 11 2010 at 12:14, you wrote to me:

I have it somewhere. Problem is it's on a diskette among some 500 other, and most likely on a 5 1/4" diskette that I no longer have equipment to read.

That's normally where I have to find things I need-buried on a backup somewhere. However, most of mine are on CDs and 3.5" diskettes but a lot of those can be unreadable too.

But I have it installed in my TP7 installation, so if you can give
me the names of the units you need, I might be able to find them for
you.

I'm assuming all of them: in the "instructions", the author said "Async Professional for DOS". I know that he uses Async Pro for the file transfer protocols (he told me that once years ago).

I guess, however, that will not help you if you cannot find the
other package?

Probably not. I'd have to completely gut the package of its SVGA capability which might be more work than it's worth.

Also, I strongly recommend not using the APRO units. They were
full
of tricks and cheats that can make your program unstable, so, if
possible, it's better to try to write around the APRO units. Yes, I
know, it takes a lot of work... :)

Believe it or not, that's what the author told me too! However he also said that at the time, he didn't want to write his own code so he used Async Pro.

Oh well, I'll figure it out one way or the other. <G>

Later,
Sean

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Re: Hmm
By: Sean Dennis to All on Wed Apr 07 2010 09:41 pm

find two commercial libraries that are no longer available: Async Profession for DOS and the entire set of Genus Microprogramming SVGA libraries. Can

Sean, I think the source archive for the System75 BBS has got the Apro code in it.

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