[time-nuts] Maintaining boatanchors

[Chuck Harris]

Oddly enough it really doesn't matter how you created the code, or what
system you used to compile it on.  If the interest exists in the community,
and the source code is released, someone will convert it to what is available.

-Chuck Harris

Greg Dowd wrote:
> Since I either owned or created all the Bancomm/Datum ntp designs after
> I joined bancomm in 1992, I can promise you that I still have at least
> one version of the source code :-)  Actually I think I even have the
> source for the bc635/700LAN product, created by Joe Fontes.  The problem
> is generally that you can't recreate the build environments to go with
> it and they were custom systems with custom bsps.  Remember os/9 and/or
> MQX?  Our DR-DOS based TS2000 built with ampro modules MIGHT be easier
> to get into.  It was a DoC emulation.  Since we don't sell, and probably
> don't even support, those products anymore, I am happy to help as I can
> but I don't know if there is enough interest for me to grind my way past
> legal to release code which you could read but not use to reprogram
> anything.