Re: [BLACKBOX] April 18 , 2014 deadline for Windows 7 fixes

From: [at]} <Chris>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:17:43 +0930

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlackBox [mailto:BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
> Sent: Saturday, 27 July 2013 1:43 PM
> To: BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
> Subject: Re: [BLACKBOX] April 18 , 2014 deadline for Windows 7 fixes
>
> > . Members of the community then contribute their solutions back to OMI
> > (with perhaps a community editor who chooses the best solution). OMI
> > then incorporates that solution into the 'official' BlackBox held by OMI
> for periodic releases.
> >
> > That should put a minimal workload on OMI's shoulders.
> >
> > Is that a possibility?
>
> From the last 8.5 years since the release of BlackBox as open source
> software we know what it takes to maintain the product as a community
> project: reviewing contributions, helping to improve them, integration and
> testing, having the courage to say "no" and to communicate it well, . The
> list goes on.
>
> Maintaining the level of quality we are used to from earlier releases of
> BlackBox is not only challenging but requires a lot of dedication and
> time. Windows 7, as an example, was released 4 years ago and we still have
> no reliable solution to run BlackBox as a 32-bit application on the 64-bit
> variant of Windows 7.
>
> We finally have to acknowledge the fact, that we are not even able to keep
> up with basic maintenance of BlackBox, at least in the "western part" of
> the community.
>
> Kind regards,
> Marc
>

Well said! I for one would like to take this opportunity to thank you, Cuno
and the rest of the crew at Oberon microSystems very much for all the effort
that you have put into this for the last 8.5 years.

I have another request for you before any of this stuff disappears down a
black hole. I have an ongoing interest in preserving vintage MC68000-based
computers - particularly for use with Modula-2 and Oberon. I would very much
like to have a copy of the sources to the 68000 Macintosh version of
BlackBox - I found it to be the easiest development system to use on my Mac
Quadra as it is so much like the Windows version of BlackBox. I am currently
awaiting arrival of an Amiga 1200 that I ordered recently for use with a
Modula-2 compiler I have. It would be an interesting (long-term!) exercise
to try and get BlackBox running on that as well,

Regards,

Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com

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