From the original author of the Pascal version of Relay:
Between VT moving away from VM/XA as part of Y2K and the demise of
Bitnet, it's been a long time since I've been sure I knew where the
RELAY source was. Even if I had a copy, he'd need a legal copy of
the Pascal/VS compiler to build it (I used that because Clarkson had
a license for it, and the licensing on the runtime allowed me to
ship a
RELAYV2 MODULE that had the runtime linked in. The C compilers for
VM didn't allow that.) I admit being surprised that anybody still
has an RSCS network large enough to make running RELAY worthwhile.
Also, unless he has a VM system that does IUCV, the Relay code won't work.
And if we're talking VM/370 R6 that won't fly. If he's on VM/SP R6
that would be a different story.
Someone is working on RSCS and IUCV for VM/370 R6. I have good
knowledge of pascal language so that I can port that to other modern C language.
There are many IRCD source codes on github and others for Internet.
Does anyone have any copy of Relay V1 (REXX version)? I know that
Relay V2 is Pascal version. I used Relay on BITNET while I was student at University.
I had not heard any replies yet that I recently asked for.
Good news! Standard pascal compiler supports Pascal/VS as compatible so that Relay V2 pascal files can be compiled into module files.
Who is author of Relay V2 so that I need to contact?
I have Xyzzy chat programs but no original source elsewhere. I lost them (includes source codes) to drive failure. I need to contact author to get another copy. I can't find him through Internet so far.
Thanks,
Tim
