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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

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Post by jacques_chester »

dedward wrote: post #101
jacques_chester wrote: post #67

Update: I've created a very simple site you can refer people to. http://thanksfortrumpetwinsock.com/

No disrecpect to anyone invovled. The gang over here is all hot to chip in their donations..... Is there consensus that this is definitely legitimate and that the money will really go to Peter?

That is a reasonable question.

You can independently contact Peter or myself.

Peter has his own company, Tattam Software Enterprises, which you can look up (http://www.trumpet.com.au/).

I work for Charles Darwin University, you can look me up on their web site (http://cdu.edu.au).

If you are unsure, contact either of us by email or phone.

Note: I will be unavailable from midday, Australian Central Standard Time.

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by jacques_chester »

jacques_chester wrote: post #52
eps wrote: post #16

Is there a way to make a donation without needing to create a PayPal account?

I'd say get in touch with him by email. You might be able to do a bank transfer, a Western Union order or even, god forbid, send a cheque.

Update: the donate button I have at the site lets you pay with your CC.

http://thanksfortrumpetwinsock.com/

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by dedward »

jacques_chester wrote: post #111
dedward wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No disrecpect to anyone invovled. The gang over here is all hot to chip in their donations..... Is there consensus that this is definitely legitimate and that the money will really go to Peter?

That is a reasonable question. You can independently contact Peter or myself. Peter has his own company, Tattam Software Enterprises, which you can look up ( http://www.trumpet.com.au/ ). I work for Charles Darwin University, you can look me up on their web site ( http://cdu.edu.au ). If you are unsure, contact either of us by email or phone. Note: I will be unavailable from midday, Australian Central Standard Time.

Good enough for us - if nobody's screaming scam by tomorrow morning we'll have a few more guys pitching in.

Cheerio.

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by jacques_chester »

dedward wrote: post #113
jacques_chester wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is a reasonable question. You can independently contact Peter or myself. Peter has his own company, Tattam Software Enterprises, which you can look up ( http://www.trumpet.com.au/ ). I work for Charles Darwin University, you can look me up on their web site ( http://cdu.edu.au ). If you are unsure, contact either of us by email or phone. Note: I will be unavailable from midday, Australian Central Standard Time.

Good enough for us - if nobody's screaming scam by tomorrow morning we'll have a few more guys pitching in. Cheerio.

Out of curiousity, who is "the gang over here"?

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by p_trumpet »

xd wrote: post #90

Demon internet used this, and I think maybe still do: http://echannel.www.demon.net/helpdesk/technicallibrary/sdu/... Funnily the images on the page actually show that they are using an evaluation copy! I've sent them an email referencing this story to see if they step up and at least make a donation. Would be great if some more people could email them as I don't see them taking a random email like I've sent seriousl…

Some ISPs did license it properly on behalf of their users, and I think demon may have been one (sorry no records as I left the company Trumpet Software some years ago, except the builds I did which are on an archive I still have). You don't want to know how messy the typical licensing arrangements for ISPs ended up though... at the end of the day it was a headache for both us and the ISP. Bottom line was if your version came up unregistered, in all likelihood it wasn't properly licensed as each ISP would have received their own customized build encoding the ISP (or distributor's) name. Needless to say, the number of builds I did was a couple of magnitudes smaller than the number of ISPs using it ;)

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by badmonkey0001 »

p_trumpet wrote: post #71
rmason wrote: post #43

Truly one of the unsung heroes of the Internet. Actually met him at a BoardWatch conference where he received a well deserved award. Fondly remember Trumpet as the key that unlocked the door to using Mosaic. Jumping from text only to a browser was like going from black and white to technicolor.

Heh. I remember going to Tampa (my first ever trip to the States) to get that Dvorak Award, which is sitting on the equivalent of my mantelpiece (I'll take a photo to prove it!). BBS-CON was the conference. I remember shaking the hands of a good many people back then - little did I know how much the onslaught of Windows 95 would have on the market. I was told, flatteringly, by one industry observer at the time that T…

A link to your award sir. Well deserved. Enjoy dinner ;)

http://www.citivu.com/dvorak/95awds.html#winsock

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by elliottcarlson »

xd wrote: post #92
henrikschroder wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ATL0 was a great command that muted the modem so that your parents couldn't hear that you were dialing up. :-) Oh wow, now I feel old.

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.

Re: Peter Tattam created Trumpet Winsock and got very little: Let's set things right

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Post by dedward »

jacques_chester wrote: post #114
dedward wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good enough for us - if nobody's screaming scam by tomorrow morning we'll have a few more guys pitching in. Cheerio.

Out of curiousity, who is "the gang over here"?

Heh... nobody interesting, just me and a few hacker buddies who skipped university to start ISPs and whatnot back when the internet wave was kicking off publicly way back when :)
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