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The Geneology of The Translator.....
April 9, 1993: An idea hits me like Bad Gas after Mexican food...I want to
Version 1.0 make a door to allow users to choose a funny prompt file when
BETA they log on! I write it and excitedly tell Shawn McGill of
The Improv BBS about it and he let's out a deep sigh and
asks if I used doorframe routines or just QuickBasic. I
suspect something is terribly wrong. I am right!
April 10, 1993: I download Doorframe from The Parole Board...Thanks Dennis!
Version 1.1 and stay up until 3:30 a.m. learning how to use it and
BETA calling Tom Wildoner too see if he is awake too...he is and
he answers some crucial questions..."Yes Joe, your wife WILL
be mad tomorrow!" This version worked but kept giving me
some wierd error message anyway.
April 11, 1993: Hey...where did that error message go? I KILLED IT! This
Version 1.2 version works like a champ and traps just about every kind
BETA of sysop mistake imaginable! WOW, Does this mean I am a
programmer? My wife is not impressed....She is growing to
hate the computer and I often see her lurking near it with
heavy objects in her hand.
Stay tuned for furthur upgrade info!!
April 12, 1993: After launching my wife's cat off my work desk for jumping
Version 1.3 on the keyboard and creating all kinds of neat-o typos for
BETA me to debug...I added a setup utility into the door.
Typing the words "Transl8r Setup" will run the setup program
and help you make your config files in the correct format.
Now to get the cat hair out of my floppy drive! Good thing
my wife is so attractive or I would take those cats for a
"RIDE". Oh yeah...don't type quotes when typing the setup
command line please...hope I insulted your intelligence!
April 13, 1993: After buying my wife a box of Godiva chocolate to smooth her
Version 1.4 out. I added in a file called "SKIPIT.DAT". When registered,
BETA the door will read the security levels listed in that file and
allow them to totally bypass the door. Allowed the mail runs
to go unhindered and kept me from seeing the door every time
I logged on....Co-Sysops liked it too! Most people who run
mail or have no sense of humor will really appreciate this
feature!
APRIL 15, 1993 FIRST PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE TRANSLATOR VERSION 1.0!
I got my doorframe codes this morning!!