13 year old C source - Thanks to all

From	buck <buck@private.mil>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	13 year old C source - Thanks to all
Date	2011-07-29 04:38 +0000
Organization	Say What?
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I can't ask the original coder what he was thinking because he's dead, 
having fallen off a mountain while attempting to climb it.

Everyone seems to want to know what this code does.  There are 10 
objects that get linked into a TSR executable.  As concisely as I can 
describe it, it provides an interface into ISAM low level functions 
(add, delete, read, update, etc), "blasts" templates to the monitor, 
keeps track of how many users, allows only one instance per user, 
beeps the speaker...

Yes I can compile it using the DeSmet development tools.  It has been 
working error-free since 1989 - and before, prior to a few small 
changes for much longer than that (though I don't know just how long.  
I started working for the company January 1987.

> 'static char v[]={-20,-124,-180,-93,-88,-73,-27,-146,9,-38,-179 ...'

I've examined the object code to see what values are present there but 
haven't found this array yet.

It seems that the concensus is that this project is fesable, but not 
by me.  I need more time to think about it, but will take all advice 
strongly into consideration.

THANKS
--
buck

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13 year old C source - Thanks to all buck <buck@private.mil> - 2011-07-29 04:38 +0000
  Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-07-29 10:37 -0400
  Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-07-29 11:02 -0400
  Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-29 08:44 -0700
    Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2011-07-29 09:26 -0700
      Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-07-29 12:42 -0400
        Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-29 11:16 -0700
      Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-07-29 23:23 +0100
      Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-07-29 17:01 -0600
        Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Gene <gene.ressler@gmail.com> - 2011-08-02 16:20 -0700
  Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2011-07-29 11:03 -0500
  Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-07-29 16:57 -0600
    Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all buck <buck@private.mil> - 2011-08-02 17:11 +0000
      Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-08-02 12:29 -0600
  Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Gene <gene.ressler@gmail.com> - 2011-07-31 06:10 -0700
  Re: 13 year old C source - Thanks to all Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-08-03 21:08 -0700

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