Re: Porting of "Talking Directory" to Linux

[Ken Perry <whistler blinksoft com>]

I have and own a flagship compiler and if he wants me to give it a shot I
will help him out.

Ken /whistler

On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Hans Zoebelein wrote:

> Dear blinux subscriber,
> 
> some days ago I found an announcement for a new version of
> "TALKING DIRECTORY 2.0". This is a talking user shell for blind people.
> The announcement sounds promising (read the attachment).
> 
> Unfortunately TALKING DIRECTORY is written for DOS.  
> So I asked the Jamal Mazrui, if he would like to port his 
> stuff to Linux.  He wants to do it and he sent me this mail:
> 
> 
>    Date: 09 Jan 97 06:57:16 EST
>    From: Jamal Mazrui <74444 1076 CompuServe COM>
>    To: Hans Zoebelein <zocki goldfish cube net>
>    Subject: Talking Directory 2.0 an
> 
>    Thanks for your suggestion.  I would like to port it if possible.  It's 
>    written in the Clipper 5.2 programming language.  I've heard that there
>    is a Unix compiler for it called Flagship.  I don't know if it would
>    support all the libraries I use under DOS.  I'll try to find out.
> 
>    Feel free to forward this message to the Linux list to see if anyone
>    has knowledge and interest in helping me port Talking Directory.
> 
>    Cheers,
>    Jamal
> 
> So if you want to contribute or know how to handle the 
> Flagship database stuff, please contact Jamal Mazrui directly 
> at <74444 1076 CompuServe COM> and offer your company on the 
> way from meagre DOS to fertile LINUX ;) 
> 
> 
> Thank you for your support
> Hans 
>