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From: bje@ripco.com
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Waffle still in use today?
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 14:52:18 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: Ripco Communications Inc.
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David L. P. Solimano <david@solimano.org> wrote:

> Hopefully someone will show up with source, but a lot of old software 
> just sort of disappears as people pass away, disks stop working, etc.

Does anyone remember how it was distributed?

I know we (ripco.com) purchased it back in the day but don't remember if it
was source code or a bunch of shell scripts. I know we were running a sys5r4
like the Dell one back then and I think the only others around in the day
was bsd and sco, to a lesser degree, the apple a/ux. None of those were for
the "shell" box, so it was likely sys5r4 compatable.

Not even sure if it was received on 5.25 or 3.5 floppies.

I'll dig around if I can figure out what to look for.

-bruce
bje@ripco.com