Msg: 7099 *Conference*
04-11-97 15:34:02
From: RON WIESEN
To : RICHARD HANSON
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #7096 (UNUSED PART OF RAMPAC DIRECTORY)
It's the folks who want to "credit card it vs. tinker" that I had hoped to help - they're the majority and techies are a minority that can fend for themselves. You had previously said a 3-suite Op sys extension was OK as a product from me - couldn't get Paul Globman to agree. As a suite, he would get royalty for sales to folks that don't even own a Rampac (cause a relocating RAM100.CO is in the various mixes of suites) - I mean daaaa Paul, what a deal! So it seems you're not opposed to suites containing TS-DOS and other "ware" that's being sold. Wellllll - tell ya' what I'm gonna' do. Watch your snail-mail box. I'll send, at the least, a PDD2 disk and 22-page user manual. Disk is "boot" type for one mix, but also contains 15 .BB files (BASIC Boot) that install (all possible) other mixes. Then, Rick, you can play! I'm sure I can find some .BB files for mixes that include TS-DOS, which I'll put on either a separate disk or/and a casette tape. Yes my dear, .BB installation works off of cassette as well as from disk. So play/review/critique this OS extension. Pass the .BB files to whoever you trust with "illegal ware" so they may play. In other words, kick the tires, take a test drive. Then we can discuss which services (RAM100, TS-DOS, etc.) can be (or can't be) distributed. For those that can't, all I can do is "explain to techies how to roll their own" and the other folks are out of luck.