                Castle Camelot LORD Authors Newsletter #4:
                Volume 1, Issue 4 -- Started August 10, 2000.
             Listbot Text Version Released:  Sept. 19, 2000.
             Primary HTML Version Released:  Sept. 19, 2000.

http://www.lordlegacy.org/camelot/camelot5.htm
             Author: Donald Tidmore - donald.tidmore@usa.net
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                         Newsletter Introduction:

Welcome to my Lord IGM Authors Newsletter. This is Issue #4, of Volume 1,
and covers July-September 2000 events. The newsletter is quarterly in
nature. The next issue will be released in mid-December. Anyone who is an
author, webmaster, or fan of LORD, LORD II, or Tournament LORD can
participate in this newsletter. I will also accept anything relating to the
Planets: TEOS programs for inclusion. All entries are listed alphabetically
by author's last name, or by web-site title. All future issues, including
this one, are developed as HTML web-pages. A text version is created for
public distribution via my LordNews mailing list on Listbot. See my LORD
Links Page if you wish to sign up for the mailing list.

Entries are listed as follows: Active Section contains all entries
submitted by active authors/webmasters. Inactive Section lists those
self-classified, or classified by me, as being Inactive. The "Dead Sites"
list is for those whose email addresses are invalid, or whose web-sites are
over a year without update. Those in particular will not be included in
future newsletter coverage, unless I hear from the author by Email.
Primarily, an author is listed as Inactive if they (a) haven't released
anything for Lord since Spring, (b) have not written me in the last 3
months, or (c) their web-site has not been updated in the last 3 months
significantly. Anyone currently listed as (fully) Inactive, unless I hear
from them, or they show conclusively they are Active, will be omitted from
future newsletter issues. To be active, one must be actively working on
Lord programming or Lord-related web-sites, or otherwise involved in the
Lord community.
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                      Info Requests and Other Notes:
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If anyone knows of an update for the Ballistic Labs' QWKIGM program, please
write me and Marty Blankenship with details. The last known version we have
is v1.40. Marc Ryan would appreciate help from other Lord IGM authors in
learning how to do Lord programming better, and understanding how
registration codes work in Lord programs. Old Lord authors are requested to
contact me with details on what they are up to, whether they are still
supporting their programs, and whether they plan to resume Lord programming
or not. I would especially like to hear from Jay/Cammy Cochrane, of
Wonderland Software, and old friends like Joseph Masters.

False virus alerts: There is NO virus inside ccigm-4h.zip. If your antivirus
program says there is one, it is reacting to the enclosed gfx.ref file,
which contains Lord II programming codes. Norton Antivirus 2000, properly
updated with recent virus definitions, doesn't report anything wrong with
my file. Also, Symantec tested the .EXE file in the Monster Randomizer Lord
utility (randmon0.zip) and found it was NOT infected with Neurophilia virus
as Norton Antivirus 2000 claimed. But after installing their 3 MB patch for
NAV, the program still wants to claim that randmon0 is messed up. Guess it
just doesn't like that program. See my LORD Menusets Page if you need to
get a copy of it, and other old Lord programs.

<P><B>As of 5:00 am, Sept. 19, 2000, primary development of this HTML
Web-page, and the Listbot Text version, is now completed.  Page count
info:  19 pages are required for printing.  Newsletter released via
Listbot to mailing list members, in three parts, by midnight, Sept. 19,
2000.  Newsletter issue addendum composed and sent out via Listbot, on
Sept. 20, 2000.  Archived inside ccigm-04.zip as ccigm04d.txt.  I hope
everyone enjoys their newsletter reading now. Donald. 9/20/2000. 2:50 am.
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                             Post-release Notes:

10/07/2000: Added ccigm04d.txt file to the ccigm-4h.zip archive file.
Status update message released via Listbot on Oct. 05, covering Sept.
20-Oct. 05 Lord news updates.  Revised (HTML) page to replace the access
counter code. Minor corrections made to Closing section notes.
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04/02/01 Notes:  LORD v4.06, LORD II v1.02, and Planets TEOS v2.02
updates were released by Michael Preslar in early February 2001, and
are downloadable from the Lord Legacy web-site.
(http://lord.lordlegacy.org)  *ALL* of the Lord newsletter issues are
available as HTML web-pages, which are fully enabled for email/web-site
address hyperlink clicking.  Inserted edited copy of LordNews #4
Addendum message into this file, at the end of CCIGM-04.TXT.  Those
wishing to read the original, unedited message, will find it inside
either CCIGM-04.ZIP or ccigm-4h.zip, as ccigm04d.txt.
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04/11/01: Started update of ccigm-4.htm, and will include the same
edited addendum, inside the page.
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                          LordNews #4 News Section:

                       LORD Site Openings/Closures:
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New sites, or ones recently discovered:
Tech'N Software - reopened by Lloyd Hannesson in early August 2000.
Purple Haze Site - Dead site, author's email address is worthless. LORD
IGMs - Sallee Huber. A very good collection of Lord IGM playing hints.

Web-site address changes:  Elysium Software, which no longer mentions
Lord programming, was moved to http://www.elysoft.org/.  I have stopped
listing the site on my Lord Links Page, and it will not be listed here
again, until they release something Lord-related. Canucksoft
(http://www.geocities.com/mnbujold/canucksoft/) has been moved to
GeoCities by Michael Bujold, due to hassles from the recent merger of
Xoom with NBC. And the LordNet Homepage - http://lordnet.lordlegacy.org/,
by Rick Parrish, was moved to the Lord Legacy server. No other Lord site
openings are known for this issue's time period.

Site Closures: IceRage Technologies, and Blackfist site. WT-LORD is now
unsupported based on inability to reach Marcelletti via Email. LORD Reborn
site - not closed, but replaced basically by the LORD Legacy site.
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04/02/01 Notes:  Elysium Software, classified fully inactive, released
  a few Lord/Lord II programs last year. No valid email address known
  for Eric Vinson.  Michael Bujold classified semi-inactive.  LordNet
  Homepage, classified a "Dead Site" - no activity in over a year.
  Note, from Issue #4 Addendum:  I discovered in September 2000, while
  reviewing my old archive files for closed Lord sites, that Eric Vinson
  was the writer of the Lord II New World: Exile to Another World. Like
  many other Lord II new world programs, I think it was abandoned.
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                       Castle Camelot Web-site Updates:

The following pages were updated with new swimsuit or waterfall pictures,
during the last two and a half months. Castle Camelot Swimsuit Links Page,
Waterfalls Homepage, Browser Resources Page, LORD Utilities Page, Castle
Camelot Index Page, LORD Menusets Page, and the Tournament LORD IGMs Page.
My LORD Links Page has been reorganized, and now lists sites as Active,
Inactive, or Dead, based on my research of their status. The file links on
my Lord IGMs, Lord II IGMs, Lord Utilities, and LORD Menusets pages were
recently checked, and bad links were repaired.
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                     LORD Program Authors Notes Section:

Category: This area is for the active or inactive authors, webmasters,
and friends, who have submitted entries or shown support for this and
previous issues. (04/11/01 Note: Unless otherwise indicated, *ALL*
dates are for 2000, when this issue was released.)
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Ruth Argust:                 ruth@doorgames.org
http://www.doorgames.org     DDS on the Web
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Sept. 18: All IGM/utility authors are invited to send their file(s) to Ruth
Argust (ruth@doorgames.org) so that the file(s) can be sent to sysops all
over the world (and Internet webmasters). Please be certain that the file
is virus-free and DOES contain a FILE_ID.DIZ file. For more information on
having your file hatched, please see the DDS Web Page at
http://www.doorgames.org or contact me directly. This is a free service to
all in order to provide you with wide circulation of your programs. Ruth.
From previous entry: There is also a ListServ for receiving all files
hatched into DDSDOORS for those who do not otherwise have a way to receive
them. See the DDS web-site for more info. Authors should remember and check
out the ddsinfo.zip file there also. It goes into detail on how to properly
submit your BBS-related programs.

DGT Note: The File_id.diz file in my experience should contain the program
name, version number, author's name, and a brief description of its
purpose. Optionally, include email/website address info. All files
submitted to DDS should be in .ZIP format. Also, it does NOT hurt for
authors to do a general check before releasing a new program to make sure
the archive filename you want to use isn't already in use. If your
program(s) are for Lord, please also remember to say whether it is for
classic Lord, Lord II, or Tournament Lord. Lastly, non-authors should know
that you have to have the author's written permission to release their
programs for them through Ruth's DDS site.  04/02/01 Status: Fully Active

Marty Blankenship            marty@atcc.net
http://www.atcc.net/marty    The GameMaster BBS Web Site
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Aug. 26: I've been busy lately raising my three daughters, and getting them
ready for school each day. Since I'm a single parent now, I haven't had too
much time to program as much as I wanted to. However, I would like to
continue being considered Active. Aug. 28: Here is my newsletter update: My
BBS is now Telnetable between the hours of 8:35 pm and 11:30 pm (Eastern
time) every night. You can now get your free registration code (for Marty's
Mercantile) by telnetting to gamemaster.darktech.org and going into the
registration door via the central menu. This might get more people to call
and get their code to get the extra area in the IGM. I also have running an
InterBBS L.O.R.D. game with about 15 other boards in it, as well as the
latest version running for players just on the BBS. It would really be nice
to see more people calling in to get their free registration code, maybe
that would inspire me to add more features to the IGM. I finally found my
library that I used to create the IGM, that's why I haven't released an
update yet. The first thing that I am going to do is add a few ANSI
graphics to it, and update the selling and buying of gems from a set
amount, to level-based. Sept. 04: Due to problems with my other two domain
name servers, I've added 2 more servers so that in case you are unable to
connect to one of them, you can try the others. I have also extended my
telnet hours. The new times are from 8:30 pm to 4:00 am EST every day. Hope
to see you online. Telnet URLs: bbs.dynodns.net, gamemaster.darktech.org,
gamemaster.dyndns.org.
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04/02/01 Status: Semi-inactive. Supposed to be working on an IGM update,
but so far no word about it in recent months has been received.

Jason Brown: farlander@mailandnews.com -
http://farlander.home.dhs.org - Jason Brown's Homepage
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May 14: I wrote to good old Michael Preslar with my idea, got some
disturbing news. He and a fellow named Maarten Bekers were working on
porting the DDPlus communication package for Turbo Pascal to FPC, with
interest in making Win32 and OS/2 versions of LORD. Rock! But Metropolis
Gameport doesn't want ports, and the project was stopped! (I think
personally, for LORD to continue actively, it needs the ports (and possibly
a Linux port, too). DGT Note: I forgot to include this in the previous
issue, so it is in this one.

Aug. 13: I've gotten another report of my IGMs not working, the only
constant is Microsoft's Windows 98. So my only options are to get a hold of
a copy of Turbo Pascal v7.0 to test if that helps (my communications
program does not compile under FreePascal, unfortunately) or to get someone
else to fix my communications routines. Aug. 14: Good news! Looks like TP7
did the trick, it's early 8/14 and I'm going to be uploading newly compiled
versions of my IGMs. Aug. 16: DT>> Question: What was the problem with your
Lord IGMs not running under Windows 98? Basically, the IGMs would either
lock up trying to communicate over either Telnet or modem, or would act
like there was no connection. I just used Turbo Pascal v7.0 to recompile
them, and they at least worked for one person. :) Haven't heard back from
the other two yet. I had to be the only LORD developer using TP6. :) Sept
13: Jason is currently occupied with college work.

Notes: Updates of Jason's IGMs The Gateway, LORD Cavern, and The Outlands
Tavern may be downloaded from Jason's website, or my Castle Camelot LORD
IGMs Page. His other programs are the Stones! Lord2 IGM, LordStat utility,
and LORD Cavern RHP Sets files.
    04/02/01 Status: Semi-inactive. 04/12: Changed email address.

Michael Bujold:  mnbujold@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/mnbujold/canucksoft/         Canucksoft
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Sept. 17: Received word from Michael of email and website change, due to
hassles caused by Xoom merging with NBC. Programming status: inactive.
Website status: recently updated and moved to new location. No actual entry
received at time of newsletter release from him.
    04/02/01 Status: Semi-Inactive.

Mike Dillon:                 gsvalore@hostmail.com    gsvalore@arn.net
http://www.darktech.org/gsvalore/                Crystalline Realms
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Aug. 08: DT> Did you ever learn anything new about Preslar's attempt to get
permission to do a Windows 95/98 32-bit version of LORD? No, I haven't
heard anything about getting a ported version of LORD done. I talk to
Michael often because he's always on IRC. He seems to be a lot different
than when he started which isn't a good thing IMHO. Aug. 21 Notes: Mike has
released updates of his programs -- Lord C/C++ Structures, Lord 2 C/C++
Structures, Planets: TEOS C/C++ Structures, and some other non-Lord related
files, that are for IGM programming. The new files are available from his
web-site.

Aug. 21: DT> Give me an update please on your programming efforts,
especially DT>> the GreyDrive project that you're working on. GreyDrive is
an 'idle' project right now since there isn't much of a demand for a C/C++
door kit. I have had to put many of my programs and projects on hold
because I have so many to keep track of. I'm slowly getting each task done
because they all require a good deal of time to work on. If I get a job
then the delay will become greater but at least I'll have the funding I
need to continue getting supplies I need such as books and stuff to help
expand techniques. ALE is on my list of priority projects but I probably
won't get to it until later on because of its complexity. Lately my most
prevalent project has been TinyTIC but that is not a LORD or TEOS program.
Sept. 01: ALE is among my listed *MUST DO* projects, and I'm still debating
on the layout I want for it. I sincerely hope to get a beta version out by
the end of the year.
    04/02/01 Status: Fully Active. See ccigm-6.htm for more info.

Codax Dragon:      codax_dragon@juno.com    Codax's Dragon's Den Ultd
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9982/drgnden.html
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July 31: I just got back from my vacation and wanted to drop you a line to
give the status of my goings on and the like. I've been a bit (surprise
surprise) behind schedule due to increasing work demands, but I'm happy to
report that I found out what was killing my IGM and giving it a nasty
runtime error in Windows and just plain freezing up in DOS. It's funny
because I don't remember having a problem with it before. So in an effort
to help all those who might be in the same rut as me, here is my biggest
piece of LORD2 advice: NEVER mix a @do move command with a @show command,
ie .... @do move 3 24 @show Wierd text you had planned displayed here.

Now all I have to do is refresh myself with my old plots... good thing I
wrote them down, I'm going to be gone next week for Otakon, but when I get
back I hope to spend some serious time on the IGM. I feel sort of bad since
I haven't really contributed much to LORD2 for awhile, so I'm gonna give
you guys some of the graphical routines I've used to make the past few
games. These things will really save you a lot of time and code once you
get them down. I don't have a help file written, but the internal
documentation isn't too shabby and shouldn't take too long to figure out.
Just don't get scared by lines like: @do write `r`p23``p24`s01 (this
actually just writes a block with the background color stored in `p23 and
the foreground color of `p24 then outputs `s01 ... and yes I do know that
colors can be taking care of inside `s01 as well as time delays, I just
have that there to make things more robust) or @do write `r`p22``p23+`W`W
(This one pretty much does the same thing as the one above except it
outputs a plus (+) sign then waits 2/10s of a second). If you have any
question about any of this code just email me. I have a few more routines
running around my computer somewhere, but it's late now and I still have to
unpack. I hope everyone enjoys this bit of source code and at least finds
it useful. See you next newsletter!

Notes: Please see the gfx.ref file, included in the archive ccigm-4h.zip,
for Codax's contribution to other Lord II authors. Thank you Codax for
sharing this information. Programs Listing: The Battlefield, The Cave of
Hope and Despair, Dragon's Den Housing, GreenTree Prison, The Pit, The
Pond, and Scavenger Hut IGMs. DGT.

Sept. 12: I've heard that Tien Lung has put out his new IGM (Oracle of
What's To Come v3.00), and I'm looking forward to seeing what he's been up
to. I would love to do some collaborative work with Tien, and speaking of
that, my IGM (The Cruise) needs endings! I need to come up with about 40
minutes of animation for 3-4 endings, so if any author is any interested,
please write me, and I'll send you the appropriate materials and code. I'm
currently working on finishing up the dinner scene in the IGM. It's gotten
so big that its almost like a New World. The big trick for me is trying to
get people to use all 5,000 of their steps to see everything in my IGM per
day. And with the 6 or 7 classes of passengers/crew on the ship making
something for everything is a bit difficult. I really wanna show off my new
fully animated gambling casino and scrolling text bars (custom not Seth's),
not to mention this really sweet drinking game I came up with. The only
problem with sending (the program out) early is that the endings aren't
completed and it basically would leave you stranded forever on the ship.
Plus there are a few loose ends and hot-spots to tie up and together. But
at least it stopped crashing every 5 minutes so that makes me quite happy.
Lately, I've been doing some commission work on Quake 3: Arena mods. Skins,
bots and the like, which is keeping me busy. And I've been working on
getting DirectX to work for me. It would be great if one could figure out
how to make an HWND (hwindow thingy), but none of the programming books
seem to tell you how to that. I've also been playing with Microsoft's new
optical mouse, and a brand new 1 GHz computer system.
    04/02/01 Status: Fully Active. See ccigm-6.htm for more info.

Mike Ehlert:                 mike@pcmicro.com
http://archives.theBBS.org   BBS Archives
http://www.pcmicro.com/BBS/ra98c.htm - LORD Addons Page
http://www.pcmicro.com/BBS/ra99c.htm - LORD Utilities Page
http://www.pcmicro.com/BBS/ra98c.htm - Door Developer Kits Page
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Sept. 18: Hello LORD fans, As many of you know, the BBS Archives has
a large collection of LORD, LORD2, (and T-LORD) IGM's and utilities, with
over a thousand LORD related files. Thanks to Donald Tidmore for sending
many of them to us over the years. Did you know that you can search for
either filenames or certain keywords in the file descriptions on our site?
Our new search engine was written earlier this year by the current LORD
developer, Michael Preslar. It allows you to search every file area in the
Archives, (by searching on the main page), or you can go to a specific page
such as LORD Add-On's or LORD Utilities and search just in that specific
area by using the search box up at the top. Addresses are: Main BBS
Archives page - http://archives.thebbs.org. LORD IGMs Page -
http://archives.thebbs.org/ra98a.htm. LORD Utilities page -
http://archives.thebbs.org/ra99a.htm. And the Door Developer Kits page is
http://archives.thebbs.org/ra102a.htm.

BBSnet announcement: Earlier this year, a new BBS IRC network was formed to
allow Sysops and BBS users to chat on BBS related issues. Recently, several
IRC servers have joined BBSnet, including the famous irc.lordlegacy.org run
by Michael Preslar. If you have a static IP address, you can run your own
IRC server linked to BBSnet. The IRC server software is free, and runs
under Windows, OS/2, and Linux. The Win32 version requires two megabytes of
RAM, and uses very little resources. You don't need to run your own IRC
server to join the crew at BBSnet. Use your favorite IRC client and connect
to irc.thebbs.org (port 6667) or any of the other linked servers. There are
usually people hanging out in the #bbs channel at http://bbsnet.thebbs.org.

Free Web Hosting! Are you looking for a free web hosting service like
GeoCities for your BBS or LORD site, without the annoying pop-up ads and
banners? You can have 20 megabytes of fast web space for free. No Ads, No
Pop-ups or other gimmicks. You also get a free web-page hits counter,
guest-book, and link manager. See http://thebbs.org/homepage for details.
Free Dynamic DNS! Join the BBS Organization and get your own sub domain for
any BBS related site. Even if you don't have a static IP, you can have
people find your server under the "yourname.thebbs.org" and it's totally
free. There are several dynamic DNS client programs that automatically
update your DNS entry every time your IP changes. Static domains are also
welcome. See http://thebbs.org/dns for details.

No Win32 version of LORD? Here is my rant section. Earlier this year
Michael Preslar was working on porting LORD to a Win32 version. When
Metropolis Gameport heard about it, they ordered the project stopped. I
don't know what their reasoning for this was, but to me it makes no sense.
LORD has been the most popular door game in BBS history, and now that Win32
doors and development kits are starting to appear, why is LORD being left
out? Michael has fixed many limitations that LORD had, such as allowing it
to work on COM ports above COM9. But one problem that remains is that LORD
is very CPU hungry. With just one node running on a Pentium III 600 Mhz
system, the CPU usage is close to 100%. LORD does not release idle
time-slices back to the CPU as most other doors do (including LORD2, which
only uses 1% CPU resources on the same computer). If LORD was running on
several nodes at once, it would slow the BBS down to a crawl. Michael has
been unable to fix this problem, due to the way that Seth Able, the
original author, coded Lord into the door driver kit itself. Apparently
LORD was written while Seth learned how to program in Turbo Pascal, and
much of the code was rather messy because of this. Anywise, a Win32 port of
LORD would have been an excellent solution to the problem, as this would
have replaced the internal door-driver code in LORD with one that had no
time-slicing problems. Perhaps if everyone that is interested in seeing a
Win32 port of LORD would let Metropolis Gameport know how they feel, they
might reconsider. You can email them at info@gameport.com, or call them
voice at (913) 661-0601. Regards, Mike.

From previous entry: LORD Authors and other BBS program authors can send
their programs to me (Mike) for distribution online on the BBS Archives
web-site. DGT Note: It would be great if everyone would do this, instead of
just posting your programs on your own site. After all, if your site goes
down, then how do you think others would later be able to find copies of
your programs, without sites like Mike's. Also, please remember and follow
the standard rules BBS's have followed for decades, such as making sure
your programs aren't virus-infected, have File_id.diz files inside, and are
released in .ZIP format. DGT.     04/02/01 Status: Fully Active

Orion Elder:                 knytehawk@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/knytehawk/smaug/index.html (SMAUG site)
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Labyrinth/2695/l2igm/index.html
KnyteHawk's LORD II IGM Programming
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Sept. 02: My site is somewhat defunct. I leave it up for those who need
it's resources, but my site was supposed to be an archive of help, for
those that needed it... Since no one has e-mailed me anything in over two
years for it, I've not done much with it. And, when BBS's died in my area,
very recently, I pretty much lost interest in Door Games. I was an avid
user of the DOS-based terminal apps, and that's not exactly an easy thing
to find, when using Telnet. I have, since the Door Games of old, moved on
to MUDs, of which I currently own one of my own. It's called Crimson
Oracles, and is hosted at http://darkcosmos.dhs.org on port 4000 (telnet,
or a MUD client of some kind), where some ideas from the LORD type games
are used... (not very many, but some. ;) The game is very addictive, like
LORD... once you learn what you're doing, it is similar to LORD in that it
will draw you in and keep you playing. ;)  04/02/01 Status: Semi-Active

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Michael Everett:             meverett@goldsboro.net
http://www.bobobbs.net/bbslordigm.htm       Bobo's LORD BBS on the Web
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Aug. 29: I'm going to be working on making some more RHPs for the LORD
Cavern IGM. I'm also going to create a web-site on just how easy Jason
Brown's RHP programming can be, and how with his new Gateway IGM, you can
essentially write your own IGM without knowing the first thing about a
compiler. I am still looking for people to help me get in contact with all
the LORD authors and see what's happening in their lives... should be fun.
DT>> You referred to more RHPs, did you mean in addition to the ones Jason
has written or ones you wrote yourself? I'm kind of the reason he started
back working on his IGMs a year or so ago... I'm also the main reason the
Gateway exists... I wrote like 5 RHP's and asked if I could let users pick
to run certain ones... so that I could write my own IGMs inside of this
menuing system (The Gateway)... I have started college and never got time
to write a really big RHP but part of his RHP #2 set is from me...
specifically hobbit.rhp and bats.rhp are mine. DT>> I wondered if you had
heard of any other LORD authors that were around? Well the people from
Wonderland Software - they wrote a bunch of LORD IGMs - live in my city.
But I haven't heard anything from them recently.

Notes: The Wonderland Software authors are Jay and Cammy Cochrane, and
their Lord IGMs are: Highway Man, LORDopoly, Turgons Titty Bar, Turgons XXX
Bar, and Turgons Dungeon. And here's a listing of the files in the two LORD
Cavern RHP Set files for those who may not know about them. In
Caverhp1.zip: Canyon.rhp, City.rhp, Dmine.rhp, magician.rhp, and
waterfall.rhp. In Caverhp2.zip: bats.rhp, flowers.rhp, hobbit.rhp,
mushroom.rhp, and women.rhp. See Jason Brown's Programs Page to download
his files. DGT.         04/02/01 Status: Semi-Active

Steve Gargolinski:           bdsoft@hotmail.com
http://bdsoft.cjb.net        Black Dragon Software
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Aug. 31: Let's see... Not too much happening here on the LORD front, and
I've been real busy this summer. As far as writing stuff for LORD goes, I
don't play enough to really know what people are looking for in utilities,
so I don't really have much stuff to write. So I'll probably be idle on the
LORD scene for awhile, but one suggestion I'm open to: If anyone wants to
co-design something with me, whether it be giving me an idea for a new
utility, or you planning something out and I'll write the code, I'm open to
that.         04/02/01 Status: Semi-Inactive

Lloyd Hannesson:             Lloyd_Hannesson@umanitoba.ca
http://www.dasme.org/techn/  Tech'N Software
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Aug. 03: Hello! Things are great over here, thanks for asking :) I was
happy to finally find something happening with Lord 1 and 2, most pages
that I found before were over 2 years old. About the Tech'n Software web
site, well I wasn't aware for a while that it in fact shut down. I used to
work at the ISP that hosted it for 3 years, and they neglected to tell me
when it was about to expire. I tried to re-register it shortly after, and
found that someone else already did. So that basically killed my chances to
let the public know what happened. I haven't had my BBS up in years :) I
keep meaning to update my IGMs, and at the least re-release them with
updated docs etc. I've also heard that my LORD IGMs will no longer run on
newer machines because of the Turbo Pascal error. Tppatch.exe doesn't seem
to work either. I'll have to get moving and find an updated library and
recompile I guess (do you by chance know where I can find an updated lib?).
I've just recently started calling a few local boards again, and boy has it
ever changed. I'm currently toying with the idea of running a telnet BBS,
so I can at least have a support site for my IGMs and other unfinished
projects. My new domain is http://www.dasme.org, and the Tech'N Software
website is now located at http://www.dasme.org/techn/.

Aug. 05: Well I've finished an updated build of Warrior's Graveyard (ver
1.6) that fixes a few long standing bugs.. and will run on any speed of
system. It's being beta tested while I'm gone (on vacation), and I'll
release a full version shortly after I get back. I've started to convert
Felicity's Temple as well, but I think that one will take quite a bit
longer. I've also been in talks with a few people on writing new IGMs. So
that would be interesting as well. Aug. 14: Well I've just finished the
full build of The Warrior's Graveyard IGM, so version 1.6 is out. Finally!
:) Felicity's Temple is next, and then who knows... I have a few ideas that
I'm kicking around, so maybe I'll keep this BBS coding habit I'm developing
:) I'm getting this file (gra1_6.zip) hatched out right away, so hopefully
people will switch to this version. Aug. 21 Note: The Warrior's Graveyard
update can be downloaded from Lloyd's website. He also has updated the
LordType utility to version 1.10. And lastly, Ye Olde Farm is an LORD II
IGM. DGT.

Aug. 28: I've found a few bugs in my version 1.6 release of Warrior's
Graveyard. Both of the big ones have needed an updated KLord driver from
Korombos to fix, which he was quick to deliver! I'd personally like to
thank him for that! Other then that I've added a few more secrets to the
game and it's in it's final stage of beta testing. I'm hoping for a release
this week. The bugs that were reported were that when a user exited the IGM
their reported screen type in Lord would change from ANSI to ASCII. And
there was a problem with KLord's experience checking routine. If someone
had more then 900k Experience, the IGM would reset their exp. to 1.
Korombos compiled new Beta's of Klord within minutes of me reporting these
bugs. If there is anyone out there going above and beyond the norm in their
support for this hobby, Korombos is the one. Work has also been progressing
well with Felicity's Temple 2.0. It is also in the final beta stage and
should be released around the same time as Warrior's Graveyard. Also I have
brought my BBS back up as a telnet only board. It can be reached at
telnet://outworldbbs.dyndns.org - telnet over and help beta test the latest
IGMs/Games from Tech'N Software :)

DGT Notes: Lloyd and I have been discussing setting up a web-site holding
all of the current version LORD IGMs. This is a summary of some of our
conversations about the project. Lloyd: Well I looked into getting that
Lord IGM site hosted today, and haven't found much of use yet. I did,
however, start designing the database that the page will run off of. I have
a working flat-file database now that is called through a CGI program. This
should make maintenance nice and easy for the page, as it'll make all the
pages on the fly. I'll have to look for a site that will allow me 30+ megs.
and has cgi-bin access, then I'll stick up a test page. DGT: I'll let
people know on my LORD Links Page when/if the new Lord IGMs site gets
started. Some of you probably recall my working on this idea last year with
Bobby Queen and Michael Preslar, and eventually I hope to get the rest of
my Lord programs collection on Michael's LORD Legacy FTP site. It occurred
to me that some might not know where all or most of those files came from,
so I'm reporting about it now, here.

Sept. 19 Notes: Lloyd's mother is in the hospital, due to an heart attack.
He is working on finishing his IGMs when possible. Everyone is asked to
pray for her good health and recovery. Her doctors are planning on doing
double bypass surgery in October when she is stabilized. The LordType
program has done another disappearing act from Lloyd's website. I think
someone has sicked ole Mr. Murphy on that poor program. If you want it, I
suggest you write Lloyd for a copy. DGT.
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04/02/01 Status: Fully Active. See ccigm-6.htm for more details.

Shawn Highfield:             t1ny@yahoo.com
http://tinys.cx/bbs/         TinySoft BBS site
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Shawn is no longer writing Lord programs. He only wrote one IGM, Sommer's
Shiny Things. He wanted to warn users of his IGM that the email addresses
listed in the IGM's docs are mostly all invalid, and they should use
t1ny@yahoo.com to contact him.
                  04/02/01 Status: Fully inactive/"Dead Site"

Sallee Huber:                mallard500@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/dratsab_mm/ - LORD IGMs --
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/3316/index.html - New Lord
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Sallee's site contains several nice IGM Hints pages. While it has not been
updated since March 2000, it is still worth visiting if you haven't already
done so. Perhaps if people compliment her, she will add some more Hints
pages soon.        04/02/01 Status: Semi-Active

Duncan Idaho:                midori@quicksilver.net.nz     No web-site
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Aug. 08: Just letting you know I've **finally** gotten hold of a colour
monitor - one that will be in my possession indefinitely, so work on all my
Lord2 worlds, etc is back at full steam ahead. I've also got two beta
testers on-site here, so DuneLord will be finished a bit quicker than
expected. Aug. 09: It's good to be back in the world of colour! The funky
thing about DuneLord is that it RAR's/ZIP's down to about 300 kb. Most of
the weight of the files are in the map file. The code only accounts for
about 500-750 kb so far. I am looking at ways to get the size down, but so
far, no luck.

Aug. 27: Had recent aggravation with Outlook Express, and re-installing
Windows 95. BBS's have just about died out in New Zealand. Since January
01, the five main BBS's have shut down, and only one well-known BBS still
stands. It's a sad loss for us, but there isn't a lot we can do. As for
DuneLord, I'll be submitting an entry on it sometime in the next few days,
as soon as I deal with some networking problems.

Aug. 29: Hey mates, here is my initial full entry for the newsletter. Well,
here we are - yet another release of the newsletter we've all come to love.
Updates on everything... DuneLord is coming along nicely. I now have two
on-site beta testers (Flatmates are wonderful at times) and we've found and
removed a lot of bugs I didn't even know about. Still updating the graphics
on it. Added a lot of animations, changed the storyline just a tiny bit.
I've been doing a lot of work on the Fremen - they were seriously
unmentioned in the last release. Still having a few problems coming up with
IGM's for it though... if anyone has any ideas, email me please!

My other world, based on the Wheel of Time series, is coming along nicely,
about 2/5ths the way through the map. As I said, it's another biggie, but
not as big as DuneLord. Far more complex, though. Those of you who have
read the Wheel of Time series will know why it's going to take quite a
while to release even a beta. I've got plans for yet another world. This
one will be considerably smaller than DuneLord and WoT. I'm keeping it
hush-hush at the moment, just in case I run over schedule with DuneLord and
WoT. Don't want to disappoint you all - I figure you've waited long enough
for the final releases of DuneLord, why suffer more? Well, that's it for
now, I'm out. Take care all, have fun. Aug. 30: I'll be making my company
website soon (BYTE-ME Software Productions) - that's what I program my
Lord2 Worlds under, so I'll turn that into a half-lord site as well, and
add it to the ring, but I cant say when I'll do that. Far too much on the
go to think at the moment.
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04/02/01 Status: Semi-Active.  New email address added to listing. The
Innuendo BBS site link previously listed here doesn't exist, so it
was removed.

Korombos: korombos@korombos.org  http://sharkware.korombos.org - Sharkware
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Aug. 25: I've been working with Lloyd Hannessen to update his Lord IGMs. He
has also been working with me, to iron out a few bugs that were overlooked
in Klord. He should be releasing his IGMs shortly. Other than that, I have
been busy with my new son, born May 16th, 2000. I have almost finished
updating and converting Galaxy 5, so my time has been elsewhere (other than
any IGMs). I have not abandoned any of my works, just slow, ultra slow to
getting them upgraded. Do not give up on me my friends. The hardest thing
about Lord is the new owners, and their reluctance to upgrade Lord so it
runs with/on Win95/98 and OS/2. Take care buddy, and thanks for your hard
work, and dedication! I for one do appreciate it, even if I am not as
active as I should be... a prod every once in a while is nice too (I forget
...). Take care!

Programs List: KDrive and KLord, Fun and Games, Haunted House, and IGMX
utility. Sept. 12: DT>> Due to the beta drivers you have been working on
for Lloyd's IGMs, will there be any updates of KDrive soon? As far as
KDrive goes, the newest version (v7.0 currently) is always available on my
web site, as well as KLord. However, the beta's are not. You can expect the
newer releases shortly though. After the beta's are released as public,
then my Lord IGMs will be upgraded as well.
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04/02/01: Updated email/web-site addresses. He's working on updated
versions of the KDrive, KLord, and LORD IGM programs.

Tien Lung:                        tienlung@hwcn.org
http://www.hwcn.org/~aj971/home.html             Godlike Productions
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Aug. 09: I've been on holiday, so was out of touch for a couple weeks. In
July I finished the update on the IGM Oracle of What's to Come. Now I'm
currently working on the IGM Time Stands Still, trying to bring more of an
old original LORD feel to it (wizard and his cottage, fighters' trials to
kill someone, etc.) It also is going to have a tie-in for my, still in the
design phase, IGM Nightmare's Gate. As for CALiB, its map is being cleaned
up (being the old Final Nightmare map) to get it ready to be used with its
newer engine. It's going to take more story-boarding the other projects as
its going to be a pseudo-Final Fantasy world.

Aug. 27: DT>> Is Nightmare's Gate for Lord II like your other programs?
Nightmare's Gate is another Lord 2 IGM that I've been hinting at doing for
the past 2 years... Can you tell how much I really want to do it... the
idea's great, I just groan at the thought of doing it. Sept. 12: Once I
have completed work on the Time Stands Still and Nightmare's Gate IGMs, I
believe the only things for LORD2 that I will be doing afterward, is
supporting them if problems arise. I'm working with my collection of
Dungeons and Dragons files, following Wizard of the Coast taking over TSR,
and releasing a new edition of D&D.

Programs Listing: Amber Crystal, CALib, and Final Nightmare Lord2 New
Worlds; House of Dreams, Lawyer's World, Oracle of What's to Come, Tien
Lung's House, Time Stands Still, and Underdark IGMs.
    03/27/01 Note:  Tien Lung has quit working on Lord II IGM programming.
He is currently involved with Dungeons and Dragons programming.  All
programs are still supported.  The CALiB and Final Nightmare programs
were never completed. 

Michael Preslar:              e_maus@covingtononline.com
http://lord.lordlegacy.org    LORD Legacy web-site
ftp://ftp.lordlegacy.org      LORD Legacy FTP site
http://www.elysoft.org/       Elysium Software
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News Page entry: August 7th, 2000: Wow.. Its been a quick summer.. For
those that don't know.. I've been in Tennessee for the past 2 and a half
months.. I had to leave my win95 machine in Nebraska, which meant no work
on Lord, or any of my other BBS stuff. I'm back in Nebraska, and have got
my BBS machine back up and running, and will be getting to coding sometime
here real soon.. Soon as I get these 183 email messages answered ... I'll
also be able to get back to work on the Lord2 and Teos web-sites.. I'll
need help with them.. Speaking of help, I could really use some help
getting all the files I've got on my FTP server in a database so they'll
list in the IGM Lister/Ratebox. Speaking of Lord2 and Teos.. I'll be
calling MGP sometime soon.. Try to find out when I'll be able to work on
those games since I've already been told I could..

Sept. 01: For the newsletter.. I work 60-70 hours a week, have started
college, work at the college radio station, and help part time at the local
coffee shop. I sleep maybe 5-6 hours every 1.5 - 2 days.. I've been able to
get active in the Lord echos again.. And I've recently started an IRC
server (irc.lordlegacy.org .. I go by the handle "Z"). How about work on
Lord? I've not had a chance to get any dos programming done recently. I'm
hoping to soon, as the project I've been working on all summer is coming to
a close soon.. That's all for now. Keep up the good work on the newsletter.
Sept. 19 Note:  See Mike Ehlert entry for more info on Michael's
contributions to Lord authors, webmasters, friends, and players.
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04/02/01 Update:  New versions of Lord, Lord II, and TEOS were released
in February 2001.  See ccigm-6.htm for further details on Michael's
current programming efforts.  Fully active.

Seth Robinson:               seth@rtsoft.com
http://www.rtsoft.com        Robinson Technologies
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Aug. 28: I wanted to let you know that I have just started work on a new
LORD-like game. The server is designed to run on any Windows 98/NT/2000
system and be played over the Internet.
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04/02/01 Update: No longer involved in any way with LORD, and has not
responded to email inquiries in several months, except for long
form letter auto-responses.

Marc Ryan:                   MMFan@rocketmail.com
MMFan's Page                 http://come.to/mmfan
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Sept. 17: Writer of new Lord IGM, Pleasant Valley. Website has long
complicated address, so just use the come.to/mmfan address. Site uses
frames. This is his first Lord program, and his website only covers his
Maniac Mansion program currently. He is trying to learn the ins and outs of
Lord programming, and would appreciate help from the other IGM authors. He
wants to learn more about how registration codes work, as well.
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04/02/01 Status: Semi-Inactive.  Supposed to be working on IGM update.
  Author is a teenager, in high school.

Vamsi Tadepalli:   vamsi@email.unc.edu -OR- vtadepalli@hotmail.com
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From ICQ Conversation with Michael Everett (meverett@goldsboro.net)
               ---------------------------------------------
Sept. 03: Vamsi created the Latrine Lord IGM and he is still giving out
free registrations to his IGM. All you have to do is send him an email with
your real name and BBS name so he can generate it. ICQ Conversation notes:
Michael: Hey you wouldn't happen to have any news you would like to share
about your IGM... There is a Lord newsletter that goes around... even if
you haven't worked on your IGM lately, you could tell people they can still
get registration codes. Vamsi: Yeah, just tell them that I am still around
and can be reached by email. Michael: ... When was the last time you worked
on the IGM and do you maybe plan on working with it any more? Vamsi: Worked
on a new version but never finished it. It was the v3.0 final. But I never
got all the bugs out and didn't finish some of the additions that I was
implementing. I don't plan on finishing it, unfortunately. Michael: Well
sorry to hear that, might you plan on releasing the source code? Also
thanks for such a great IGM. My users really love it. Vamsi: Well if you
want the source code, I can send you a zip of all the stuff I have in that
directory, but you'll have to sort through it. Latrine.pas is the main
file. ... Let me know if you have any questions. End of ICQ Info.

Michael: He also goes on to say that he used to run a Lord website and that
when he passed it on to someone else they abandoned it. I will be adding
his IGM to the list on my site at http://www.bobobbs.net/bbslordigm.htm.
There will be a link to his email there and to the source code that he sent
me via email. Everyone wanting to see his IGM in action can visit it in my
main lord game at: telnet://bobobbs.net. The Lord game there just reset and
a user wanted me to add his IGM to the list...
    04/12/01 Note: Fully inactive. He has ignored my attempts to reach
him by email, so he is assumed to have no current interest in LORD
anymore.

Tom Toothman:                tostrhed@flipag.net
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Sept. 01: I am an ex-Lord IGM author.. I'm interested in your Lord
mailings, I'd even make a new one (IGM) if I thought people were interested
enough.. I just don't think there are enough players to warrant it. Maybe
there are, I don't know. DGT: Tom wrote the Across the Tracks Lord IGM, but
not the same-named WT-Lord IGM. That one was by John Winter.
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04/02/01 Status: Fully inactive.  No email contact in several months.

Joseph Watson:     joe@farpointBBS.com -OR- jmwatson@cox-internet.com
http://farpoint.1starnet.com/joeCODE/IGM.htm   joeCODE WT-LORD IGM Page
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Program Notes: Released four updated IGMs in August: Blacksmith's Shop
v2.90, Bob's Beer v2.90, Ask Clinton v2.20, and Twilight Zone v1.1. His
other programs are: Ask Clinton, Carnal Knowledge, Dodge City, EverGreen
Cemetery, Fountain of Life, Indian Joe's Horse Barn, Joseph's Revenge, The
Mad Dog, The Mad Mage's Tavern, Merry Christmas, The Mines of Mt. Avalon,
Our Town, Redneckin', The Rue Morgue, Russian Roulette, Up Country Fishing,
The WCX-Files, The Wishing Well, and The Witch Doctor's Hut.

Sept. 12: Sorry I've been out of touch lately. I've been working two jobs
trying to make ends meet. Programming related questions can be sent to me
at jmwatson@cox-internet.com. Here are answers to your questions: DT>> Do
you have any news on the WT-Lord situation? I've corresponded with Joe
Marcelletti about buying the program, but he is asking for ten thousand
dollars, which is far more than the program is worth. And I don't see
anyone else willing to buy the program. I've not sold any programs myself
in more than 6 months as well. As far as I know, WT-Lord will no longer be
developed. DT>> Have you finished any more programs lately? I just posted a
new version (v1.1) of Dodge City for download on my BBS! It has some
AWESOME updates to v1.0! I also just released a NEW IGM called "The
Brewery". The concept and storyline is by Joe Carpenter and I did the
programming. It's a Redneck bar .... party with the crowd and listen to the
band while enjoying a beer.... pretty wild stuff happens in the Brewery.
Both programs are available from my website or BBS. DT>> I was wondering
what had happened to your JoeCode mailing list? My listserver is on the
blink. I upgraded my system and it died. I'm not sure when or if I'll get
the list server running again soon. WT-LORD is far from dead on my system.
I have tons of people playing on my system and having a great time. Stop in
and play.... my system is on the Internet and is free to everyone! Farpoint
BBS: http://www.farpointbbs.com or Telnet to farpointbbs.com.
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04/02/01 Status: Fully Active.  See LordNews Issue #5 (ccigm-5.htm) and
Issue #6 (ccigm-6.htm) for current information on his WT-Lord programming
work.

Ken Weitzel:            ken.weitzel@doorfactory.pangea.ca
Website: http://shakeyjakes.com        Jacques Shakes' California BBS
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Aug. 21: Ken will be releasing a new Seasons Xmas IGM later this year. Ken:
I don't have a website; but people can freq or e-mail freq stuff from here
... and all my stuff is at Jacques Shakes board, in California, USA.
(shakeyjakes.com; or telnet or wcNavigator to bbs.shakeyjakes.com).
Actually, you can go there if you wish, to play lord, or upload/download
qwk/rep fido echoes... (be sure to type the last "s" in shakeyjakes.) I've
done around 15 IGMs if I recall correctly. Not much else in production;
I've been working on winserver client/server programs, and 32-bit door-
games. And I may do some new Lord IGMs to stay ahead of the other IGM
authors.

List of Ken's Lord IGMs, that I know of: Cavern of the Creators, Let's Go
Fishing, The Forgery, The Greasy Spoon, Lester's Palace, The Lord Wheel;
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy; The Messenger, The Picnic, Poor House, The Races,
Reflections, Rest and Relaxation, School Days -- may be called Ye Olde
Schoolhouse; Tis the Season Xmas (1995, 1996, and 1998 versions), and
Sherwood Forest. Also LordTest utility. (Note: The Seasons 1997 Lord II IGM
was released by Bryan Turner.)
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04/02/01 Status: Fully Inactive.  Only Lord-related plans are to continue
  releases of Seasons Lord IGM each Christmas to support various charities.
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         Category: No recent program releases or web-site updates.
      Still supportive or working on Lord programs or LORD web-sites.
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Dawn Bidot:        dawnavon@mail.netzero.net -OR- dawnavon@juno.com
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/4076   Legend of the Red Dragon Inn
               ---------------------------------------------
July 06: I have not updated my web-site for a good while, and I am too busy
to even play LORD now. I have a home business that is taking all of my
time, along with my family. DGT Note: Dawn has been great and has given
Bobby and myself permission to use some of her Lord play guide files on the
Kiteria's Korner site. Thanks again Dawn for that, and good luck with your
home business.

Elric (Jay Weber):           afn63169.afn.org
http://www.afn.org/~afn50378/sthome.htm          EarthDrake Software
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Aug. 30: Hello friends, I'm still on inactive status. I've been having
major computer problems lately. I've almost finished my 2nd reformat and
reinstall in the past 3 or 4 months. Meanwhile, if you remember, my web
host crashed big a couple of years ago, and I lost a lot of my LORD/LORD 2
stuff. Well, apparently, they've recently restored more stuff, because it
looks like all my stuff is back. I haven't had the chance to do a full
check, so I'm not sure what, if anything, is missing. Hopefully, things
will get back to some semblance of normal sometime in the near future...
Please make a note that my email address has changed.
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04/02/01 Status: Fully Inactive.  Awaiting arrival of new computer
system. See ccigm-6.htm for current details on Elric.

Joel Gathercole:        greenie@darktech.org
http://lord2.greenmachinebbs.com/lord2 - Lord2: Complete New World
Alternate email: greenie_23@yahoo.com)
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June 27: My wife just gave birth on June 18th to our new son. So I have not
been near a computer for almost three weeks. I do not have any work done
recently on the LORD II: Complete New World program. The new baby is
keeping us busy.
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04/02/01 Status: Fully Active.  He set up his own web-site/domain a few
months ago.  Currently working on Lord II: C.N.W. version 138.0. For
more info, see (ccigm-6.htm) LordNews Issue #6;  see the Lord Programming
Situation section.

Bobby Queen:            wizards@shelby.net -OR- puppies@shelby.net
http://www.shelby.net/wizards/lord2IGM/index.htm - Off. Lord II Site
http://www.shelby.net/wizards/kiteria/ - Kiteria's Korner!
http://lord2igm.webjump.com - Official Lord II IGM Archive (Mirror)
http://kiteria.webjump.com  - Kiteria (Mirror site)
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Kiteria's Korner Updates summary: Bobby and I worked through most of June
revamping the Kiteria's Korner web-site. We added an Lord IGMs Page; a
Dragon Graphics page; a revised format Lord Links page; and an Lord
Archives Page. All of the Article pages were rewritten to clean up the HTML
code, provide an uniform look among the pages, update the dragon art
pictures, and add a button graphics links table, to guide users from one
Article page to the next. We also received permission to add other Article
pages at a later time which were on Dawn Bidot's site, but those have not
been not added yet. See Kiteria's Korner and check it out. DGT.

Aug. 10: I have a few files to put online soon for the Lord II site. I've
been busy with my Ebay and Yahoo buying/selling business and family needs.
I've had to fix problems on the FOTI website. So people don't worry, I'm
still kicking, and will be updating my site again soon. Aug. 30 Note: Bobby
has all of the Official Lord II site's files backed up on the webjump.com
mirror site. He's having trouble with his ISP, shelby.net, due to lack of
funds for the ISP bill. So he could use financial help with maintaining the
web-site, as well as other forms of support. I've added the addresses for
his mirror site above, and people should use them if the main shelby.net
sites disappear. DGT.

Aug. 30: I am sorry to hear about the dropping LORD sites but it's a sign
of the times. FidoNet is losing about 100 BBS's per week and has lost over
3,000 since January 1st. In fact, except for a message every once in a
while from someone wanting to know if I have a cracked version of LORD, I
rarely get any other LORD-related mail. I do still have a few items to get
online and I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get them on, but with
everything else going on it has just gotten me really depressed lately.

Aug. 30: I have updated the News Page on both Lord2 sites -
lord2IGM.webjump.com and shelby.net. Work on getting the Blockfaq.htm page
is proceeding but not finished yet. Here is my submission for the
newsletter: Yes folks, I am still alive although you couldn't tell it by me
not updating the sites in 55 days. Hopefully I can get caught back up and
then keep everyone updated on what is going on. It's possible that
shelby.net may be closing down my sites there in the near future. I hope
everyone remembers that I have a mirror of the Lord 2 site at
lord2IGM.webjump.com; and I recently made a mirror of Kiteria's Korner at
kiteria.webjump.com. So if Shelby.net does drop my sites, they will still
be updated at the webjump addresses. I currently update both when I do my
updating.

As for the future of BBS's and Online games in particular it looks bleak.
Except for updates new stuff has stopped coming in and BBS's are still
closing right and left. My BBS still has callers almost every day and when
most of them are from BRAZIL, PUERTO RICO, ENGLAND, AUSTRALIA and other
countries then I'm keeping it online. Remember it's at 1-704-434-8904 and
is online what time I'm not on the Internet. I still haven't figured out
why I get calls from all over the globe especially since I lost all my
fancy ANSI graphics last year when I had the crash but they do so I'm not
arguing. Well got to get the few files online that I have gotten for Lord 2
and add a few more pages to the Kiteria LORD site. Remember to email me and
cuss me out if I slip up and don't update the sites at least monthly.

Sept. 18 - Bobby: My main email address has been restored. It was only down
24 hours and then you'll never guess why. :) Internet of Shelby, which had
been bought out by a company in Florida, who was bought out by a company in
Kentucky, got bought out yet again by a company in Hickory, NC. So they
were changing over all the stuff to their equipment over the weekend. What
gets me is I still haven't gotten a bill since May when Internet of Shelby
was first bought out. Its possible that all these companies that keep
buying each other out don't even know about my account. :) Anyway if they
do drop me, the sites are mirrored on webjump already and I do have a bunch
of CD's for FREE Internet access. shelby.net doesn't exist now, but all our
old sites are still working for now. I have a feeling they will use their
new address sometime in the future. It's www.twave.net, so I guess my sites
may change to www.twave.net/wizards/lord2igm and /kiteria. But I'm not sure
of anything right now. All the other companies that bought them out left
the names the same on old accounts. I am still working on those (new) pages
for the Kiteria site and will eventually get them finished if I can stop
going to doctors (all the time).

04/02/01 Status: Fully Inactive.  Please view LordNews issues #5 and #6
-- ccigm-5.htm and ccigm-6.htm, for info on Bobby's current status,
and recent activities.  04/12: Both the Official Lord2 site and
Kiteria's Korner are currently inactive, until Bobby's health improves
enough for him to upload recent site updates, prepared by me, in March
and April, to his web-sites.

Justin Scott:
http://www.darktech.org      ftp://ftp.darktech.org   Darktech
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Joined LordNews mailing list in June. No contact since early June. Adapted
from June issue: If you have a LORD-related web site, let me know and I'll
get you added to the BBS links database at Darktech. Any other BBS-related
sites are also welcome for the links database.
---------------
04/02/01 Status:  Completely abandoned all interest in LORD.  Stopped
sponsoring/hosting LORD web-sites on his server. 08/05/03: Removed
Justin's email address at his request.

David F. Simmons:            dfsimmons55@earthlink.net
http://home1.gte.net/skippers/files.htm          Simmons Software
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Has no plans for any new/updated Lord IGMs, but is still supporting his
programs.

Bryan Stanbridge:            sorcerer@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/6062/micro.html     MicroPics
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Continues to support his programs, and is willing to transfer rights to his
programs if anyone wishes to take over their development. Author of
Apothecary Shop, Grizelda's House, Lord Suburbia IGMs; and PathEdit
utility.

04/02/01 Notes:  Both David Simmons and Bryan Stanbridge have quit
doing LORD programming.  See ccigm-6.htm for recent entry by Bryan.
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                          INACTIVE LORD Authors:

                     Category: Semi-Inactive Authors:

Note: Next issue I will classify anyone I haven't heard from in six months
as being fully inactive, and possibly omit major coverage of their sites.
Those listed as fully inactive now, who haven't been heard from in a year,
will be classified as "Dead authors/sites", and definitely omitted from the
December issue, and later issues.
                   ----------------------------------------

Bryan Turner:    vagabond@darktech.org, vagabond@vbsoft.org
http://www.vbsoft.org             Vagabond Software
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No personal email contact since April 03, no newsletters since April 28,
and no web-site updates in several months.
---------------
04/02/01 Update:  Has quit all LORD programming, but remains active
  on the Fidonet LORD echo.
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                     Category: Fully Inactive Authors:

These are authors who I have not had email contact with since 1999; have
stopped Lord programming; have not done program releases or web-site
updates in 6+ months; or do not respond to Email messages.

Black Omen - no site update since July 1999. Tony Brown (Tonytown) - no
site update since August 1999. John Elson (3dham Software) - no activity
noted since December 1998. Eric Vinson (Elysium) - no contact in several
months. Paul Koukos (Hellas BBS) - no contact in several months. No Lord
programming done in years. phsoft - Michael Barrientos. No site update in
years. Sunshine IGMs (Becky Benjamin) - no site update since 1996. Billy
England - no site update since September 1996. Shaun Thibault - no site
update since May 1998. Chet Rhodes - no longer writing Lord programs.

04/02/01 Update:  On Semi-Active classification:  Black Omen, Paul Koukos.
On "Dead Site" classification:  Tony Brown, Elson, Vinson, Barrientos,
England, Thibault, and Rhodes.  Becky Benjamin's web-site closed down
a couple of months ago.  See ccigm-6.htm for recent info on Vinson.
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            Category: Inactive but Supportive Authors Summary:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
These people either have provided recent support for my newsletter and
web-site coverage of LORD programs and authors, or have done so in the
past. Some have entries in the main section of this issue. This is a
summary of their names. Also some are inactive only in regards to their
programming. Marty Blankenship, Michael Bujold, Orion Elder, Steve
Gargolinski, Shawn Highfield, Sallee Huber, Seth Robinson, Vamsi Tadepalli,
Tom Toothman, and Ken Weitzel. Also Dawn Bidot, Elric, Suzanne Franklin,
Joel Gathercole, Justin Scott, David Simmons, and Bryan Stanbridge have
been recently inactive, (or inactive for a long time), along with Bobby
Queen, for reasons noted in each person's entry. Suzanne doesn't write
often, but has approved of all of the changes Bobby and I have made to
date to her Kiteria's Korner site, and has always supported me for many
years in my coverage of LORD news.
---------------
04/02/01 Update:  No longer participating in Lord newsletter support
and/or Lord programming:  Robinson, Gargolinski, Highfield, Tadepalli,
Toothman, Scott, Simmons, Stanbridge, and Turner.
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    "Dead" Sites Category: Invalid email address. Or No Email response.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Notes: Those in the fully inactive and Dead sites categories will be
omitted from the December issue, and other future issues, until such time
as they resume being Active, or sites close down completely. These authors
and sites will continue to be listed on my LORD Links Page as long as they
are online. Some may be accessible to those with BBS access, Fidonet
accounts, and ICQ or AIM message systems. If you happen to reach one of
them, please ask them to contact me, either by Email, or through my
web-sites's Guest-book.
               ---------------------------------------------

Peter Jackson - Last word in early June was that he was working full-time
at his air-conditioning job. Whether he will be supporting his programs is
no longer known. If anyone can reach him, please tell him to reach me by
some new email address or through someone.
    04/02/01 Note:  Email address closed down last year.

Michael Adams - No contact since May 26. Both his Lord web-site and the
Angel's Planets:TEOS site are considered dead sites, due to loss of
email contact.
    04/02/01 Note:  No longer involved in LORD/TEOS programming.
                   ----------------------------------------

I tried my best to reach these Lord authors but was unable to either get a
response or even determine if they are still around. They are: John Elson -
3dham Software, Billy England, Colby Reich (Lord Neko) - Lord Domain,
"Black Omen", Stefen Enns, Becky Benjamin - Sunshine IGMs, and Tony Brown.
My conclusion has been, after leaving guestbook messages for some, that all
have to be treated in the future in the "Dead sites" category.
---------------
04/02/01 Note:  Becky Benjamin's email/web-site addresses closed down
  last year.  No email contact ever made with anyone listed above, except
  maybe for Stefen Enns, in past year.  Colby Reich's Lord Domain web-ring
  is now classified as a "Dead Site", due to loss of its Homepage, and
  the fact it is never updated to remove dead ring links.
               ---------------------------------------------

Ahkenaton - Children of Galaexy. FX Sound Systems (Mike Collard) - No
recent site updates. Arctic Productions (Shawna Fountain/Craig Obery) - no
site activity in years. Carlton Griffin - No contact or site activity in
years. Joe Marcelletti - Icerage Technologies; website closed down. Robert
Olsen - "Lord II: Awakenings Project". No-Name Software (Kenneth Padgett) -
no site update since August 1996. Purple Haze (Phillips) - No site activity
in years. Mad Systems (Brendan Purcell/Thomas Reilly) - No dates used on
site. Eric Richardson - no site update since June 1997. Ben Tiefert - Lord
II programming abandoned over a year ago. Spencer Vickers - Miniature Lord
site. No contact since June 14, no recent web-site updates.

04/02/01 Notes: Due to IceRage's closure, WT-Lord is an unsupported
program, except for what support is available from Joseph Watson. The
Ahkenaton site, and Icerage, both closed last year.  Benjamin's site
closed a couple of months ago.  04/12: No valid email address exists for
Enns, Fountain/Obery, Griffin, Marcelletti, Padgett, Phillips, and
Purcell/Reilly.  No email contact in several months or longer from
Tiefert, Vickers, or Reich.  See LordNews Issue #5 and #6 for info
about Robert Olsen and Eric Richardson.  The majority of the other names
listed above either have dead email accounts, or they don't care to
respond to email inquiries.
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                       Recent LORD Program Releases:
                     Covering July 01 to Sept. 30, 2000:
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                                  LORD IGMs:
GRA1_6.ZIP    107,964  08-14-00  The Warrior's Graveyard v1.60
CAVE14B.ZIP    93,516  08-16-00  L.O.R.D. Cavern v1.40b
OUTS13A.ZIP    96,396  08-16-00  The Outlands Tavern v1.30a
GATE10B.ZIP    79,063  08-16-00  The Gateway v1.00b
PVALLEY.ZIP   153,679  09-17-00  Pleasant Valley v1.00

----------- 04/14/01 Note: Released after issue's official release:
GRA1_7   ZIP   109880  09-22-00  Warrior's Graveyard v1.70
----------------------------------------------------------------------

                                LORD II IGMs:
LAW201.ZIP     14,249  06-28-00  Lawyer's World v2.01
TMHSK3.ZIP      9,101  07-05-00  Frostglint Keep v3.00
ORC300.ZIP      7,811  07-06-00  The Oracle of What's To Come v3.00
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                        Wildcat Tournament LORD IGMS:
BLACK29.ZIP    17,069  08-03-00  The Blacksmith's Shop v2.90
BOBS29.ZIP     56,878  08-03-00  Bob's Beer v2.90
CLINTN22.ZIP   56,921  08-03-00  Ask Clinton v2.20
TZONE11.ZIP   334,998  08-03-00  The Twilight Zone v1.10
BREW10   ZIP   76,780  09-13-00  The Brewery v1.0
DODGE11  ZIP  349,532  09-13-00  Dodge City v1.10
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                          IGM Programming Utilities:
LSTRUCTC.ZIP    8,394  08-20-00  Lord C/C++ Structures
L2STRUCT.ZIP    3,284  08-20-00  Lord 2 C/C++ Structures
TSTRUCTC.ZIP    4,092  08-20-00  Planets:TEOS C/C++ Structures
---------------------
LATSRC.ZIP    650,200  09-11-00  Source code - Latrine (Lord IGM)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

                               LORD Utilities:
LORDT_11.ZIP    6,517  08-30-00  Lord Type v1.10
----------------------------------------------------------------------

                                LORD Menusets:
TLORD20.ZIP    41,454  09-18-00  Star Trek: O.S. LORD Patch v2.0
----------------------------------------------------------------------

04/02/01 Update:  Programs released/found in late September 2000:
GRA1_7   ZIP   109880   9-22-00  Warrior's Graveyard v1.70 Lord IGM
                   ----------------------------------------

            End of recent LORD Programs Listing. (Updated 4/14/01)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Notes: I have not found any LORD II Utilities since January 12. No Lord II
New Worlds have been released since August 1999, but I know of at least two
authors working on them currently. There have been no Lord Text files found
since September 1999. And nothing for the Worldgroup version of Tournament
Lord has been released in a very long time. Some files, especially Tlord20,
were released months ago, but I only found them recently. Some were
released after I finished LordNews issue #3 in mid- June. Everything else
was released in July-September 2000. The listed files were found between
June 28 and September 18, 2000.
--------------
04/02/01 Note:  Several Lord II programs, including LORD II v1.02,
  were released after this issue was prepared.  For listings of them,
  refer to ccigm-4.htm, ccigm-5.htm, and ccigm-6.htm web-pages.

  Lord II New world development:  Duncan Idaho continues to work on
  his DuneLord and Wheel of Time programs.  Black Omen, at one time,
  told me he was working on a Lord II N.W. program, title unknown.
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                       Requests and Surveys Section:

Authors Survey: Please send me a listing, with BRIEF descriptions, of all
LORD programs you have written, are working on currently, and have planned
for the future. Please note that when I say LORD, I mean "classic" LORD,
LORD II, and Tournament LORD. If you have a web-site, please remember to
include the web-site address when you contact me. Please indicate if you
are still supporting your programs, and if not, whether you are willing to
turn them over to someone else, such as Korombos or Lloyd Hannesson, for
continued support and maintenance.
               ---------------------------------------------

                   Newsletter Summary and Contributions:

Future issues: Each issue is produced on a quarterly basis, with this one
covering July 01 through September 2000. LordNews Issue #5 will start
Volume 2, and cover October through December. To receive each issue by
Email, please remember to join the LordNews mailing list, via my Castle
Camelot LORD Links Page.
http://www.lordlegacy.org/camelot/camelot5.htm
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                     LordNews Issues Files Links Section:
                              08/02/2003 update:
                   ------------------------------------
HTML Web-Page Issue Files:
-----------------------------------
LordNews Issue #1 - Released on April 28, 2000.
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-1.htm
  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/ccigm-1h.zip

LordNews Issue #2 - Released on June 26, 2000.
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-2.htm
  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/ccigm-2h.zip

LordNews Issue #3 - Released on June 28, 2000.
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-3.htm
  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/ccigm-3h.zip

LordNews Issue #4 - Released on September 20, 2000.
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-4.htm
  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/ccigm-4h.zip

LordNews Issue #5 - Released on December 20, 2000.
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-5.htm
  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/ccigm-5h.zip

LordNews Issue #6 - Released on April 16-17, 2001.
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-6.htm
  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/ccigm-6h.zip

LordNews Issue #7 - Released on August 04-05, 2001.
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-7.htm
  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/ccigm-7h.zip

LordNews Issue #8 - Released on October 08, 2001.
    Updated issue files re-released on October 09-10, 2001.
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-8.htm
  http://www.lordlegacy.org/camelot/Archives/ccigm-8h.zip

** 05/28/02: Issue #8 web-page was recombined into single web-page. **
** Text version files will remain as it was, in two parts. **

LordNews Issue #9 - Released on Tuesday, December 04, 2001.
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-9.htm
  http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/ccigm-9h.zip

LordNews Issue #10 - Released on February 06, 2002.
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-10.htm
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CC10-APP.TXT
(LordNews #10 Appendix)
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/cc10misc.zip
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/lnws-10h.zip

LordNews Issue #11 - Released on May 18, 2002:
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-11.htm
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/cc11misc.zip
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/lnws-10h.zip
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LordNews Issue #12:  Released on Oct. 07, 2002:
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-12.htm
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CC12-APP.TXT
(LordNews #12 Appendix)
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/lnws-12h.zip
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/cc12misc.zip
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LordNews Issue #13:  Officially released on August 02, 2003:
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-13.htm
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Archives/lnws-13h.zip
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LordNews Issue #14 HTML Archive.
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/ccigm-14.htm
   Should be started around mid-August 2003.
-- Text version - LNWS-14.TXT -- possibly in late December 2003.
===================================================================


Original LordNews Text Version Archive Files:
-----------------------------------
LordNews Issue #1 Text - Released on December 20, 1999:
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CCIGM-01.ZIP

LordNews Issue #2 Text - Released on April 05, 2000:
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CCIGM-02.ZIP

LordNews Issue #3 Text - Released on June 20, 2000:
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CCIGM-03.ZIP

LordNews Issue #4 Text - Released on September 20, 2000:
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CCIGM-04.ZIP

LordNews Issue #5 Text - Released on December 20, 2000:
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CCIGM-05.ZIP

LordNews Issue #6 Text - Released on April 16-17, 2001:
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CCIGM-06.ZIP

LordNews Issue #7 Text - Released on August 05, 2001.
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CCIGM-07.ZIP

LordNews Issue #8 Text - Released on October 08, 2001.
http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CCIGM-08.ZIP

LordNews Issue #9 Text - Released on December 04, 2001.
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CCIGM-09.ZIP

LordNews Issue #10 Text:  Released on February 06, 2002.
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/LNWS-10.ZIP

LordNews Issue #10 Appendix links:
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CC10-APP.TXT
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CC10-APP.ZIP
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/Authors-Info.txt
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/Lost-Authors.txt
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/Usable-IGMs.txt
   -- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/cc10misc.zip
========================================

LordNews Issue #11 Text:  Released on May 18, 2002.
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/LNWS-11.TXT
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/LNWS-11.ZIP

LordNews Issue #11 Appendix Links:
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/Unusable-IGMs.txt
   -- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/cc11misc.zip
========================================

LordNews Issue #12 Text:  Released on Oct. 07, 2002:
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/LNWS-12.TXT
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/LNWS-12.ZIP

LordNews Issue #12 Appendix Links:
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/CC12-APP.TXT
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/LNWS-12.ZIP
   Contains the PassTest.txt and BadPatch.txt files.
========================================

LordNews Issue #13 Text: Officially released on August 02, 2003:
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/LNWS-13.TXT
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/LNWS-13.ZIP
-- http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/Lordnews/Patched-LordApps.txt
(LordNews Issue #13 "appendix")  [Red LORD barline]
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                      Newsletter Contributions Section:

The Lord Authors section entries are listed alphabetically, by the
author's last name. Since there are so many entries this time, I've
decided to just list those who have been major contributors and
supporters. Ruth Argust, Marty Blankenship, Jason Brown, Mike Dillon,
Codax Dragon, Mike Ehlert, Michael Everett, Lloyd Hannesson, Duncan
Idaho, Korombos, Tien Lung, Michael Preslar, Bobby Queen, Seth Robinson,
Joseph Watson, and Ken Weitzel. My thanks to all of you, and anyone I
may have forgot to mention.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Final Notes:  My LORD Links Page lists the names of programs released
by those authors who have web-sites currently running. It is organized so
as to list "active" sites separate from Inactive sites.  Inactive meaning
that they are never updated, have not been updated in 3-6 months, or the
author(s) are not reachable by Email, usually due to dead email addresses.
I hope everyone enjoys reading the newsletter, either via Email or through
the web-page.  Text version was created using Netscape Navigator v4.72 and
Qedit v3.00.  MS Windows' Wordpad program used to copy Issue #4's three
sections into Listbot's dialog box to send it to the mailing list.

I decided to write an addendum to this issue while transmitting the
third part of the Text version on the Listbot site.  This issue marks
the first anniversary of this Lord Authors Newsletter. The addendum is
archived inside CCIGM-04.ZIP, as the file ccigm4d.txt. It lists old Lord
authors and sites that have been lost over the years. This seemed to be
a good time to remember those who we have lost over the years.
               ---------------------------------------------
10/07/00 Note: Added newsletter addendum file to ccigm-4h.zip
archive file.
    04/15/01 update: The addendum file was renamed to Lnws04-addendum.txt,
in the ccigm-4h.zip file.  Original addendum text added to ccigm-4.htm
HTML web-page on Apr. 14, and revised addendum text was added into
CCIGM-04.TXT file earlier this month.
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Started initial development of this issue on August 10, 2000. Primary
development of the HTML web-page, and this Listbot Text version, was
ended on Wednesday morning, Sept. 20, 2000.  Newsletter issue released
in Text format via Listbot on September 19, 2000.  Released through
my Castle Camelot web-site on Sept. 20, 2000: HTML Page version, Listbot
Text Version, and archive files ccigm-4h.zip and CCIGM-04.ZIP.
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Text version notes:  To access my Guestbook, referred to in this issue,
you will need to go to my web-site.  Please send submissions for the next
Newsletter issue, information requests, and so forth, to me by Email at
donald.tidmore@usa.net.  That makes it easier for me to respond to your
message.  Thanks.       Previous major update:  September 20, 2000.
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Starting on March 27, 2001, LordNews Issues #1-#4, text versions, have
been brought up-to-date with notations and/or updated information,
preparatory for release of LordNews Issue #6 web-page, in mid-April 2001.
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<P><B>April 2001 updates summary:  Added 04/12/01. About half of this
issue page is updated and aligned with the ccigm-04.txt file, which
was primarily updated earlier this month. Replaced Lordnews issues
links section.  Updating author entries with short current status
notations.  Verification of email/web-site addresses mostly is done.
04/14:  Updated LordNews Issues Link section, updated Lord releases
section, added revised LordNews #4 addendum text here, in following
section.  04/15: Worked on finishing up this issue's file rewrites.
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                  LordNews Issue #4 Text Version - Addendum:
         Edited version of ccigm04d.txt added here on April 02, 2001.
         Original file will be retained inside CCIGM-04.ZIP archive.
         ------------------------------------------------------------
LORD Authors News, Issue #4 - LISTBOT Release Notes:
Addendum to the Newsletter - Archived in ccigm-04.zip file.
Prepared on September 20, 2000.

Dear Lord friends, I hope everyone enjoys your reading of this new issue
of my Lord Newsletter.  Please remember and let me know how you like
things, and anything you have to suggest about making the next issue
even better. I can't promise shorter since I WANT lots of contributions
<G>.  This issue, marks the end of my first year of newsletter writing,
issue-wise.  Come Thanksgiving, it will be the first anniversary of the
date I started writing the first newsletter issue.  This one entered the
finish lane at a healthy 70-72 KB size for both the HTML and Listbot
Text version files.  (Excluding the size of this Addendum message.)
So it was the biggest one to date, but I think everyone will find it well
worth the download and reading time. ... (some text omitted)
                        ------------------------------

04/02/01: Second paragraph of Addendum rewritten:  As of September 20,
there were four Newsletter issues in existence.  The sixth issue is
nearing completion, and will be released in mid-April.  As part of an
overall update of the newsletter issues, I have updated each HTML web-page
issue on a periodic basis, since I created the first HTML conversion
page in Spring 2000.  Starting with this issue, the newsletters were
prepared from the start as HTML web-pages.  The Text versions of each
issue, currently #1-#4, have been brought up-to-date;  including the
inclusion of this modified addendum message. When I have finished
updating the CCIGM-05.TXT file, I will start doing any needed updates
for the HTML web-pages for Issues #1 through #5.  Should anyone wish
to have ORIGINAL copies of each newsletter's Text versions, they are
available from the LordNews Mailing List Archive, via my Castle Camelot
LORD Links Page.  Or you can request them from me via Email.
The modifications originally referred to in the Addendum's second
paragraph, to ccigm-1.htm and ccigm-2.htm, were made in December
2000, correcting errors and bad layout problems.  Email/web-site
addresses were updated or corrected as needed at that time.  I've
been much more careful since Issue #2 about page layout, and error
corrections. (Back to text of original Addendum.)
                        ------------------------------

04/02/01:  Deleted portions of following paragraph, no longer needed. ...
                        ------------------------------
The following stuff is some material I decided to write tonight
as an archived addition to Issue #4.  The actual newsletter is large
enough as is, so I'm just going to place this file, ccigm04d.txt, inside
the ccigm-04.zip archive.  (Since I no longer worry about how large
these newsletter issues become, I'm now including this modified
addendum inside this file.  The original text can be read in the
archived text file.)

A one-year anniversary to me seems to be an excellent time to look back,
and say goodbye again to those dearly loved LORD friends who we have
lost.  I don't know if they are lost forever, but they aren't reachable
by email anymore, that I know of.  Should anyone have a usable and
working address for these people PLEASE let me know it/them.  Some do
still have valid email addresses, but aren't programming for Lord
anymore, so I'm just going to list them all together.
                        ------------------------------

Reworded 04/02/01:  No longer involved with LORD programming:  Bryan
Turner, Justin Scott, Spencer Vickers, and Paul Koukos.  No longer
available via Email: Peter Jackson.  No longer responds to Email,
except for long form letter auto-responses:  Seth Robinson, and
Mike Snyder.  Elysium Software - current status covered previously
in this file.  Lost LORD comrades:  I have missed for a long time
now these friends.  Should anyone know valid email addresses for
any of them, please let me know, or tell them that I would love to
hear from them.

People who gave up on LORD programming, but that have occasionally
written to me, in the past year:  Robert Fogt, Michael Adams, Chet
Rhodes, Shawn Highfield, David Simmons, Bryan Stanbridge, Tom
Toothman, and Dawn Bidot.

Those lost without a trace:  Joseph Masters, Janet Terry, John Winter,
Joe Marcelletti, Carl Tice, Ben Tiefert, Tony Brown, Max Larivee,
Thomas Reilly, Brendan Purcell, "Romeo", and Thomas Torbech.
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04/02/01: I am proud and very thankful that I am a friend of
Suzanne Franklin, who continues to support my Lord newsletter work,
and LORD web-site pages work.  I am still managing her Kiteria's
Korner site, which is periodically updated as I update site components,
and when my friend Bobby Queen feels well enough to upload them to
the site. She remains on the fully inactive side of LORD.
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These people have never, or extremely infrequently, responded to
email inquiries.  I no longer believe they are interested in LORD,
since they don't ever bother to update their web-sites.  They are:
John Elson, Tony Brown, Michael Barrientos, Billy England, and
Shaun Thibault.  Becky Benjamin's Lord site closed down in 2000.
Black Omen, and Paul Koukos are classified as semi-active.
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Two-three paragraphs omitted from this part of Addendum.
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There are probably some other old Lord friends I am not thinking of,
but they would all have been gone for well over two years.  As some of
you will notice in reading the newsletter, I would love to hear from
any old Lord authors and webmasters who might come across this message.
We are all fortunate I think that Lloyd Hannesson came back to us, and
that Michael Everett found our old friend Vamsi Tadepalli and forwarded
his ICQ conversation to me for the newsletter.  I can recall many old
friends and/or LORD web-sites that I miss.  Many I never had the chance
to know as Email buddies, but feel that they were fellow Lord comrades,
and deserve to be recognized and remembered every now and then.
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Dark Lair Software/BBS - Rick Martin;  Gregory Campbell; Trevor Herndon;
Aussie Creations - M. Freeman; Avalin Software - Casey Leonard and Rod
Swigart; John Maynus "Azor"; Ballistic Labs; Sweet Dreams Software -
Aaron Wornom; Brian Bosscher, David Miller, Dekka Visions Software,
Wonderland Software - Jay Cochrane; Andrew Doran, Charles Feldmeier,
Nannette Thacker, Chris Macpherson, Chris Fisher, Stephen Oberholtzer,
Joshua Eckerman, John Gibbard, John Tucker, Brian May, Jeff Fanjoy, Matt
Granberry, Chad Schwartz, David Hasbrouck, David Coburn, Charles Culver,
Charles Mandeville, John Hutton, Marvin Wise, Rafi Bodill, Paul Mullins,
Devon Brooks, Ahkenaton, Tom/Thomas Moore, Dan Buckler, Craig Edgar.
Foxfire, James Cornman - Hybrid Software;  Insane Productions; Jam's
Den, KnightSoft, Chris Larkin, Mamoosoft - Robby Dittman,  MatrixSoft,
Mystic Software, Night Fire Software - John Winter;  Noel Software -
Thomas Smith; Charles Mandeville, Steven Blunt, Kyle Parish, PolarShock,
"Romeo", Sherwood Zone and Starlink sites, SlayerSoft,  Steven Millar.

If anyone thinks of any other old Lord authors, and knows how to reach
them, please let them know I'd like to know what they are up to, and
if they'd ever consider updating their old Lord programs, or writing
new ones. Some of the people I've listed were old friends that I met
through their web-sites, or by email, many years ago, when I first
started keeping track of the Lord sites and people.  One sure does
notice a lot of lost sites when you look back and actually see who
has been lost, don't they?
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The remaining paragraphs of the addendum I've chosen to omit.
I hope everyone who reads this, and the other old LordNews issues'
text version files enjoy their being updated.
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Copied from ccigm-4.htm on 4/15/01:
Update notations for matters covered in the above Addendum.
Prepared on Apr. 14, 2001.  The current issue, to be released later
this month, is (ccigm-6.htm) LordNews Issue #6, and should be
consulted, along with Issue #5, for news relating to those referred
to in this issue.  Lost track of ... update:  Bryan Turner is now
fully inactive.  Lost all contact with Peter Jackson and Spencer
Vickers last year.  Paul Koukos is active only in connection with his
Hellas BBS web-site.  Justin Scott is no longer involved in any way
with LORD.  Not reachable ... update:  Seth Robinson also is sending
auto-response form letters to anyone who writes him about LORD.
See Issue #6 for Elysium Software coverage.  Black Omen is a participant
in Issue #5, but is fairly inactive.  For other info, just read the
update notes in the HTML web-pages for each newsletter issue. 
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Last primary update (ccigm-4.htm):  October 07, 2000 at 02:45 am.
Last primary update (ccigm-04.txt):  April 02, 2001 at 01:44 am.
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4/12/01 Note:  Update of ccigm-4.htm mostly finished, along with
update of this file, to have both files basically using the same
update notations. 4/15/01:  Finished update of ccigm-4.htm and
ccigm-04.txt files.  Original format text of Addendum used in
ccigm-4.htm, and revised format used here.  Did not try to align
addendum section update notations between files.  I hope everyone
who reads these enjoys the updated pages.
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04/06/02 Note: Brief update to replace site URL references due to
my site's relocation to http://www.lordlegacy.org/camelot/.
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Simplest mode of update:  Jan. 04, 2003.
  A) GeoCities Castle Camelot site re-activated to full usage from
     December 01 through December 31, 2002.
     http://www.geocities.com/donaldtidmore/ - Shortcut URL
     http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/5389/ - Actual URL.
  B) As of Jan. 01, 2003, long-term Castle Camelot site is now at
     http://www.fidotel.com/public/camelot/.

08/05/03 Note: updated Lordnews Issues Links section.
  C) As of mid-January 2003, the Kiteria's Korner site is now at
     http://www.fidotel.com/public/kiteria/.

End of update note.
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Copyright  1999-2003 Donald Tidmore (donald.tidmore@usa.net).
Minor revision:  August 05, 2003 at 10:16 pm.
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