[Coco] RiBBS

[Ron Bihler]

Thanks,
So the bread crumbs continue.

Anyone know Charles West in Oklahoma?  I passed the code to him.

Was KRiBBS shareware as well?  Is there a MM/1 Emulator since I will never 
see one of them.

Ron



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Donaldson" <johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] RiBBS


> Ron,
>   Back when I used to own a MM/1, I converted RIBBS to the MM/1 and 
> renamed it KRIBBS, since it used KWindows. When I sold my MM/1 all of the 
> source code went with it. I sold the whole thing to Dave Kelly.
>
> John Donaldson
>
>
> Ron Bihler wrote:
>
>> Ok,
>> So I have been sucked back into the Coco Community.  After doing some 
>> research I can't beleive the following is as strong as it is.  Lot's of 
>> passon and opionons make it very interesting.
>>
>> So can someone update me, when I left the MM1 was being intoduced and 
>> only a few of the first editions where being released.  Much of my 
>> interest is in what happened to RiBBS, sorry to hear Warren Hrach has 
>> passed as he was such a big help to me.  The best testing I even had. 
>> Funny I can still here the Phone calls, Ron ! you know that last update ! 
>> Not so good !  and then he would detail what was wrong.  He didn't have 
>> programming backround, but he was the best with the details.
>>
>> I had passed all the code to a person in Canada for an MM1 port, all 
>> these details are lost.  I did look at the coco about 8 years back, and 
>> the HD was dead and many of the floppies I used had so many errors that 
>> they would not work.  All my work was lost - in more way than one.
>>
>> Anyway, how long did the MM1 continue?
>> Does anyone have RiBBS code, might try to see it again on Emulation? 
>> Most of the information was on Compuserve - how things have changed.
>> Can anyone recall the person involved with the MM1 doing the port - not 
>> sure if it even was finished.  He was located in Canada.
>> How well does OS9 or Nitro9 what I gather the new update work under 
>> emulation?
>>
>> Anyway I am a bit older, might be smarter, but have way less time :)
>>
>> Too bad the Hero 2000 was not a 6809 as that would make it more fun :)
>>
>> Ron Bihler
>>
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