Donated. BTW: What was the original cost of Trumpet? (for an end user)
US$25, or about $38 in today's money according to one calculation.
Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right
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Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right
#142I too have fond memories of Trumpet. I remember even then (I must have been 15 or so) thinking that this software was so important and likely undervalued. Of course, I used it and never donated as I didn't have any money - something I intend to rectify now! For a while in those days, I was behind a SOCKS firewall, and I convinced Peter to add SOCKS support to the stack itself - something which perhaps ignited my love of somewhat abstraction violating clever hacks! And of course it helped start my career in computing, as did APANA and a bunch of other very kind Australians.
Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right
#143Peter, your software made it possible for me and three other guys to start a local ISP in 1995 and support Win 3.11 for many years until Windows 9x finally penetrated the market. This start-up cemented my career in web app development.
On principle, I no longer maintain a PayPal account, but next time you're in Beaumont, Texas, a pint is on me!
Cheers
Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right
#144I know my life would have been much less without Trumpet Winsock. I hope I can remember to donate when I get some money late in the month. It's great to be able to help someone who helped me so much.
Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right
#145I will donate ASAP. This man's work allowed us to get on the net with our old 386sx and Win 3.1 machine using Mosaic. I don't know if it was paid for or not, I'm too young to remember, but this guy deserves it for his effort and how its affected me.
Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right
#146Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right
#147I will donate ASAP. This man's work allowed us to get on the net with our old 386sx and Win 3.1 machine using Mosaic. I don't know if it was paid for or not, I'm too young to remember, but this guy deserves it for his effort and how its affected me. Thank you.
Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right
#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wasn't ATH0+++ used to cause modem users to hangup via IRC CTCP requests? Good days.
A popular multi-line BBS back in Colorado had one faulty modem and if you were to post that in chat the person on that line would get disconnected... good times, good times.
It probably had a modem that didn't pay Hayes to license the patent on enforcing a delay in switching from data mode to command mode (+++ did that, and then ATH0 was the AT command to hang up the phone -- normally you'd have to wait a couple seconds, type +++, wait a couple more seconds, and then you'd get an OK and could type AT commands).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Independent_Escape_Sequenc...
Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right
#149Trumpet was a fantastic piece of software. Strangely, I was only talking about it a couple of days ago. Happy to donate for the hundreds of hours I spent online with it, and the fun I had creating dialup scripts in it.
Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right
#150I can confirm that the email is the one I passed on to Jacques. The PayPal account is a legit one I have used in the past and is registered under the business name Tattam Software. If I encounter any problems I will look into the other option. Thanks all... I had honestly thought the Internet had forgotten about me. Peter
As a fellow Tasmanian, I can only tell you the awe I felt when I realised way back then (I used to dial into the University of Tasmania using Trumpet) that this great bit of software that _everyone used_ was written and developed by a person living in the same city as me. Thanks!
Likewise. I can remember using WinSock at UTAS. I've got a mate that works opposite Peter's office in Bellerive and upon spying the office it almost felt like some sort of pilgrimage!