• Announcing timEd 1.12!

    From andrew clarke@3:633/267 to All on Wed Feb 21 12:49:02 2018
    * Forwarded from artware by andrew clarke (3:633/267).
    * Originally by: andrew clarke (3:633/267.1), 21 Feb 18 12:38.
    * Originally to: all.

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    Hi everyone,

    Over the past couple of months I've spent considerable free time working on rebuilding the original timEd sources using OpenWatcom 1.9 and getting it to a point where it can be released as a new version.

    Existing users of timEd 1.10 may want to migrate to 1.12.

    In particular, Windows users currently using the DOS version might want to consider using the new native Windows version.

    New users are of course also welcome to try it out.

    If so, please provide me with any feedback!


    Announcing the release of timEd version 1.12!

    timEd is a reliable and fast message editor for FidoNet,
    written by Gerard van Essen. It supports JAM, Squish,
    Hudson and *.MSG message bases.

    Added to this basis are many useful functions like nodelist
    browsing, redefinable keys and macros, character translation,
    support for encryption and spellchecking and many other things.

    However, timEd is still a fast no-nonsense editor, giving you
    speed and reliablity as it's major 'features'!

    Note 1.12 is a "refreshed" version of timEd 1.10.

    Version 7 nodelist lookup support has been removed from version 1.12 due to licensing issues, but otherwise the program is fully-functional.

    After many years, a 32-bit Windows NT version of timEd is now available.

    Also, many Y2K bugs have been fixed since the 1.10 release.

    The new version may be downloaded from here:

    DOS version: http://dl.ozzmosis.com/timed/tim112.zip
    Windows NT version: http://dl.ozzmosis.com/timed/tim112n.zip
    OS/2 version: http://dl.ozzmosis.com/timed/tim112p.zip
    DOS/386 version: http://dl.ozzmosis.com/timed/tim112x.zip

    The source code to this release is available on GitHub:

    https://github.com/zoomosis/artware


    timEd change log
    ================

    1.12
    ----

    * Version 1.12 released. This is considered a "refresh" release built
    using OpenWatcom 1.9 and aside from the removal of V7 nodelist lookup
    functionality (see below) should be feature-identical to the 1.10 version.

    This version is built from a different code branch from the UNIX version,
    1.11.

    It is intended the branches will be merged in a future release, adding new
    features from the UNIX version, and JAM and Hudson support to the UNIX
    version.

    * Numerous Y2K bugs were fixed in the source code, with thanks to Wilfried
    Brinkmann and Tobias Ernst for their initial work with patching the timEd
    binaries back in 1999 (ARTFIX07.ZIP).

    * Windows NT port. Gerard van Essen began porting timEd to Windows NT in
    1996 but the code was abandoned and incomplete. In 2018 the Windows NT
    port was finally completed by Andrew Clarke and is considered to be
    quite stable and usable.

    * Fixes to prevent crashes when screen width is greater than 132 columns.

    * timED did not add additional '>'s to quoted messages. Fixed, thanks to
    Meikel Brandmeyer.

    * Added %mmon variable for HELLO, REPHELLO, FOLLOWHELLO strings. It expands
    to a two-digit month with a leading zero digit (ie. 01-12).

    * V7 nodelist lookup is currently disabled.

    The V7 lookup functions requires the Mix C Database Toolchest, a
    commercial library which cannot be distributed as open source.

    It is still possible to do nodelist lookups on FidoUser or FrontDoor
    format nodelists.

    Any reference to V7 nodelists in TIMED.DOC is currently erroneous and
    should be ignored.

    It is hoped to reintroduced this functionality in a later version.

    * timEd is now permanently "registered", and will declare itself registered
    with the name specified in TIMED.CFG.

    * timEd's version number and build timestamp can now be viewed by running
    timEd with the -v parameter:

    TIMED.EXE -v


    Regards
    Andrew

    -+- timEd/NT 1.12+
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  • From Dale Barnes@1:220/60 to andrew clarke on Sun Mar 18 22:18:11 2018

    Version 7 nodelist lookup support has been removed from
    version 1.12 due to licensing issues, but otherwise the
    program is fully-functional.


    Thank you Andrew for your update.

    Question, what licensing issue did you run into with the Version 7 nodelist routines?

    Thanks


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  • From andrew clarke@3:633/267 to Dale Barnes on Wed May 23 05:30:18 2018
    18 Mar 18 22:18, you wrote to me:

    Question, what licensing issue did you run into with the Version 7 nodelist routines?

    In November 2000, Gerard van Essen wrote:

    "What is NOT included is the code that was contained in \database on my
    system. It contained the Mix C Databsse Toolchest. It is a commercial
    library that I used for the V7 nodelist browsing in timEd. The license
    for that library does not allow me to distribute the source code.

    It seems Mix Software is still alive, I found them on the web at http://www.mixsoftware.com. They even still have the (a?) C Database
    Toolchest on sale for USD 50 (source included). The version I have
    is 2.0.1. Whether or not this is still the same code/format they are
    using now, I don't know.."

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