October 2018 - vcf-midatlantic

Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT: Eudora 7.1 source code was released!
by Ken 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT: Eudora 7.1 source code was released!
by David Riley 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

> On Oct 2, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Ken via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > I suspect I'm not the only person in the group who has big Eudora love. (Am I the only person in the group who still uses it?) Ha! I still actually run Eudora Internet Mail Server on a Mac LC III (there's actually a good reason for that). > Anyway, it's been a great fantasy among us masses of Eudora hold-outs that the source would finally be released and then that somebody would manage to update this never-yet-surpassed email tool that was abandoned 12 years ago. We've seen many replacement projects begun and failed, including one by the original Eudora authors. > > I somehow missed the May 2018 announcement that the Computer History Museum acquired the source code and full rights to the final version of Eudora. The catch is that many of the third-party libraries are excluded, so they'd need to be reimplemented. And another catch is that it used custom-modified MFC extensions, but they did get the source code for that. > > Anyway, here's the announcement (and link to the 458mb of source code), for you to drool over: > http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/the-eudora-email-client-source-code/ Glad they released the Mac version too, it was such a wonderful, efficient mail client. Nice also to see Grady Booch and Steve Jasik mentioned in the "thanks" section! - Dave

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT: Eudora 7.1 source code was released!
by Jeffrey Brace 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

I loved it in college 91-96 and afterwards for a few years. Easy to use. Efficient. Easy to organize emails etc. On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 1:42 PM Ken via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > I suspect I'm not the only person in the group who has big Eudora love. > (Am I the only person in the group who still uses it?) > > Anyway, it's been a great fantasy among us masses of Eudora hold-outs that > the source would finally be released and then that somebody would manage to > update this never-yet-surpassed email tool that was abandoned 12 years > ago. We've seen many replacement projects begun and failed, including one > by the original Eudora authors. > > I somehow missed the May 2018 announcement that the Computer History > Museum acquired the source code and full rights to the final version of > Eudora. The catch is that many of the third-party libraries are excluded, > so they'd need to be reimplemented. And another catch is that it used > custom-modified MFC extensions, but they did get the source code for that. > > Anyway, here's the announcement (and link to the 458mb of source code), > for you to drool over: > http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/the-eudora-email-client-source-code/ > > Truly one of the greatest pieces of software ever written. > > - Ken > (written on a patched copy of Eudora) > > -- ======================================================= Jeff Brace =======================================================

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Slightly OT: Eudora 7.1 source code was released!
by Evan Koblentz 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

> Truly one of the greatest pieces of software ever written. What's great about it? I used (unknown version) in college but I don't remember much about it.

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Slightly OT: Eudora 7.1 source code was released!
by Ken 02 Oct '18

02 Oct '18

I suspect I'm not the only person in the group who has big Eudora love. (Am I the only person in the group who still uses it?) Anyway, it's been a great fantasy among us masses of Eudora hold-outs that the source would finally be released and then that somebody would manage to update this never-yet-surpassed email tool that was abandoned 12 years ago. We've seen many replacement projects begun and failed, including one by the original Eudora authors. I somehow missed the May 2018 announcement that the Computer History Museum acquired the source code and full rights to the final version of Eudora. The catch is that many of the third-party libraries are excluded, so they'd need to be reimplemented. And another catch is that it used custom-modified MFC extensions, but they did get the source code for that. Anyway, here's the announcement (and link to the 458mb of source code), for you to drool over: http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/the-eudora-email-client-source-code/ Truly one of the greatest pieces of software ever written. - Ken (written on a patched copy of Eudora)

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6502 bench
by Bill Degnan 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

For you 6502 heads out there 6502bench.com <https://t.co/1vgKDtWSDL>

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Vote! Re: Gathering for Dan
by Evan Koblentz 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

We haven't done anything because not enough people replied. There are two full months between now and Festivus. I see two realistic possibilities: we could meet at a restaurant someplace central-ish (mid/late October), or simply honor him as part of Festivus (early December) -- he was sad that he couldn't go last year.) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XW53NHS Voting will be open until early next week.

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