[comp.sys.cbm] What is Status of CPOWER

dan.copeland@canremote.uucp (DAN COPELAND) (09/30/89)

>
>About a month ago the sysop of the CPOWER BBS posted a note indicating
>it was available at 416-538-7720, but that it was currently down due
>to phone line problems. I have not since been able to access the BBS
>or  been able to successfully send email to the sysop to find out
>whats up.
>
>Anybody know what the status is?
>
>Scott


The phone # I have for the C-Power Support BBS is 416-276-6811
and it just rings and rings ....
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ben.pedersen@canremote.uucp (BEN PEDERSEN) (10/06/89)

cm>About a month ago the sysop of the CPOWER BBS posted a note indicating
cm>it was available at 416-538-7720, but that it was currently down due
cm>to phone line problems. I have not since been able to access the BBS
cm>or  been able to successfully send email to the sysop to find out
cm>whats up.

cm>Anybody know what the status is?

cm>Scott

Howdy Scott,
 
I am sorry to say that I do not believe I will be putting the C-Power 
BBS back on-line. The phone line went out after a strong rainstorm about 
two months ago and it was while the board was down that I began to 
realize how much time I had been putting into it. 

The board came under my care after Stew Martin left the Toronto area to
persue a new career direction and was so unable to keep it going.
I had enjoyed using C-Power and had enjoyed the board very much and when 
there appeared to be no one else to keep it running I offered to give it 
a try. I am not, nor have I ever been, affiliated in any way with 
Proline Software and I took on the board because of my interest in the 
compiler. My life is taking different directions and operating the board 
is no longer viable for me. 

I think it is too bad that Brian Hilchie is not providing support for 
what is an excellent and still very useable product. I had hoped that 
perhaps he might have allowed us to distribute the compiler as 
'shareware' or even as 'freeware' since he no longer appeared to have an 
interest in it. He has not been in touch with the board for about two 
years and I don't think that even Stew Martin was ever able to locate 
him. It is my understanding that the folks at Proline Software were very 
unhappy about the lack of support which Spinnaker gave the product under 
the Power-C label and when the agreement between them was terminated 
about a year ago that pretty well spelled the end of the compiler.

It is my intention to make all of the files and the information in the 
message base available here on Canada Remote Systems in Toronto so that 
these are not lost to people who still have a use for them. If there is 
some other location where these should be posted I would be willing to 
try to pass them along although I should say now that I am not in a 
position to start sending these out to individuals. If you have 
questions about C-Power please feel free to post questions here as I do 
monitor the mail on a regular basis.

--Regards!  
Ben Pedersen, 
Sysop, C-Power BBS

--Regards!
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