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Re: OT: Any programs needed.. Jiri?

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> Dec 10, 2005
• 619 views

Brian Broker wrote:

<snip>

> I wonder if Jiri still reads this list.  I still remember when he piped
> in with his version of a program that made it properly "snow" on your
> screen after somebody submitted their version to the list about this
> time of year.
> 
> I just had to look it up:  Sun, 19 Dec 1999:
>
> http://www.listfilter.com/cgi-bin/esearch.exu?fromMonth=6&fromYear=1&toMonth=B&toYear=A&postedBy=Jiri+Babor&keywords=Snow

Very nice program!

> For those "newbies" unfamilar with Jiri, this guy could write some
> mighty cool and clean code.  It might be DOS code but it still works to
> this day AFAIK.

The program 'xmas.ex' to which your link above points runs fine with
ex.exe 2.5, and also when translated and compiled with Watcom for DOS.
But when I compile with DJGPP 2.03, the color of the text is gray
instead of yellow. Is that a bug in the DJGPP compiler?

> I'm still impressed by what he's contributed to the > archives.

Me too.

> Cheers to Jiri Babor!
> -- Brian

Regards,
   Juergen

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