QuantumLink

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Jim Brain wrote:

> I'm not sure how far afield Classic Computers goes, but I am interested
> in anyone here who used, worked on, or knew about the QuantumLink
> service for the Commodore 64/128 machines.
>
> With help from someone who's spent lots of time deciphering the QLink
> protocol, I am busy re-implementing the server.  So far, the stock QLink
> disk will login and show the main page, you can select any of the 7
> "message" areas and the screen will show menus for each area, and I am
> now working on implementing the "People Connection" chat system.

Wow, cool restoration project!!

> By no means I have made even a dent in all of the functionality of the
> system (games, file downloads, etc.), but it is impressive to see the
> old disks and serviuce running again.  Currently, I have the basic chat
> (join, leave, say) working for multiple users.
>
> Sadly, I never used the original system, so I am lost as to how exactly
> things progressed from screen to screen (where did you change you screen
> name, for example), so I'm eager to hear from others.

Did you ever try contacting former employees to see if maybe someone
somewhere preserved the code?  I know at least one former employee (Doug
Coward) but he left before they became AOL.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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