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**Clay Clear** · 22 May 2003, 12:54 AM

Tom,

I just went to your site via the hyperlink in your message above.

A question: do you have a snailmail address where people can
send donations/shareware registration fees via money orders? I am
intrigued by your OBJ file shareware program. And, since I have the
highest respect for your programming acumen, I am probably going to
download it tonight, and take it for a test run. If it's something
that fills a need of mine, then I will register it. Note that I *do*
have a credit card, so, if PayPal is your only accepted payment option,
then I will use that. But, for that, it'd be quite helpful to know
HOW (or WHERE) to use PayPal, as I have never done so.

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**Karl Lessmann** · 22 May 2003, 03:27 AM

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**Tom Hanlin** · 22 May 2003, 08:17 AM

Glad you like, Karl. I'm fond of "keep it simple", myself. I may
just leave the site in text format and forget the funky graphics.

These are old DOS products. It's certainly possible that EGUI will
not get along well with some Windows versions or displays but, then
again, why would you want to use a DOS GUI if you can use Windows?
Bears some thought, though. I'll see if I can get up some sort of
forum software so people can share their results.

Good points, Clay. These are not products for sale, so I have not
arranged my site according to business principles, but I see I could
be better organized anyway. PayPal, see http://www.paypal.com ...
or email me at mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A> for my address.

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

**Karl Lessmann** · 22 May 2003, 05:58 PM

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**Tony Burcham** · 23 May 2003, 05:37 PM

Hi Tom,
EGUI is very impressive! I was surprised at how full-featured
it is.

Tony Burcham

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**Tom Hanlin** · 24 May 2003, 09:45 PM

At that, I think the version I posted may be a step away from the
final release. I'll get on that presently. In the meantime, I'm glad
it's been of some use-- enjoy. It was a commercial product, to be sure,
just not for some years now.

I've brought in a scanner and should be able to start making the manuals
available presently. Not to sound silly but, you don't know what a rat's
nest my home office is-- does anyone out there have the printed docs?
I've got them here somewhere but, my oh, under which pile...?! Mumble
me gently at mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A> , thank you much!

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

**Shawn Anderson** · 12 Jun 2003, 09:32 PM

Tom,
I see on your website that you don't have any docs for EGUI. I
bought the product from EllTech and still have the original
printed manual.
If you are interested, I would send you a copy, or maybe
scan it into a PDF for all to use?
BTW: I still support several DOS apps that use EllTech's
ETREE. A solid product. Never used the compression program.
-Shawn

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**Tom Hanlin** · 13 Jun 2003, 12:10 AM

Shawn, I do have the docs buried here somewhere but, my archives are
far from well organized. If you'd be so kind as to PDF 'em, or even
send them along for scanning, I'd be glad to have them available. The
originals are (a) buried here somewhere, and (b) in an obsolete and
proprietary format, as far as the original sources are concerned--
so, I am not likely to have them online quickly otherwise. I will be
glad to credit you with any work done and share any eventual money
to be made, not that this is exactly a commercial enterprise (read:
only losses, to date, but I hope someone finds it worthwhile). In
short, this is basically a charitable venture. I find it a shame to
see old code burn, and there must be people who can benefit from free
libraries that were of commercial quality when DOS was more popular.

There still is a fairly significant DOS market but, oddly enough,
there isn't a third-party market that I can see. Must be terribly
specialized and/or cheap markets, I guess. Commentary from those
involved would be fascinating, and might help direct the evolution
of PB/DOS.

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

**Michael Mattias** · 13 Jun 2003, 03:24 AM

Must be terribly specialized and/or cheap markets, I guess

Perhaps saturated. Not too many "new" MS-DOS programmers these days. And all the old guys have all the tools they need.

MCM

**Shawn Anderson** · 13 Jun 2003, 11:30 AM

I'll PDF the book and send it off to you. No payment is required.

As I opened the book to look at it, there are two names handwritten
(by me) in the front next to the phone number:
Tony Elliot
Tom Hanlin

from January 1993

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**Tom Hanlin** · 14 Jun 2003, 12:22 AM

Perhaps, Michael, but a vital market usually leaves room for add-on
tools. It's so often cheaper and faster to buy a tool than invent it
at home. DOS isn't dead, but it doesn't seem to have the typical
aftermarket.

Thanks, Shawn. I'd be very happy to see that available once more. I'll
be glad to give credit and link to your web page, if you have one.

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

**Shawn Anderson** · 14 Jul 2003, 07:12 PM

Just wanted to give y'all an update. I'm about 1/2 done with
scanning the manual and converting it to PDF.

Tom, do you have the QuickBasic/PDS version of these programs
too? I'd like to get the PDS version of Compression Plus.
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**Tom Hanlin** · 14 Jul 2003, 10:01 PM

Sorry, I only have rights to the PowerBASIC versions. You might inquire
as to whether the QB versions are still available: [email protected] last
I looked. QB has been dead so long, who knows.

Thanks for the update.

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

**Georg Potthast** · 18 Mar 2004, 12:57 PM

Is the manual for EGUI available now?

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**Gösta H. Lovgren-2** · 18 Mar 2004, 01:44 PM

Tom,

Is your website now defungent?

I clicked on http://www.tgh3.com/ and got a "Future Website" msg from the PowerWeb (ISP?).

I never knew you were partnered with Tony Elliot (fine fella and
fine programmer). Used to talk to him every once in awhile.

Note to all - I have pretty near ALL the MicroHelp manuals and
the EllTech Compression Plus and EllTech Printer Plus manuals
if anybody has need of them. (probably have the accompanying disks as well).

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Thx............Gösta
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>
http://www.SwedesDock.com
http://www.PondersBible.com

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**Tom Hanlin** · 19 Mar 2004, 10:50 AM

I don't know whatever happened to the EGUI manual. Maybe Shawn got bored?
If anyone runs across a copy, please let me know.

Yes, my site is down for the moment. I switched to a new host and haven't
gotten around to reloading the files. It doesn't seem that the site has been
greatly missed, but I'll get it back up again, presently.

I worked for EllTech for a number of years. I wrote most of the code for
Fax Plus, Encryption Plus, and the later versions of Compression Plus...
for what it's worth.

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

**John Schexnaydre** · 19 Mar 2004, 11:38 AM

When i go to the link above, http://www.tgh3.com/
all I see is a starter page for a new web site????

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**Tom Hanlin** · 19 Mar 2004, 02:00 PM

Right. See my previous post.

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

**Gösta H. Lovgren-2** · 20 Mar 2004, 06:15 AM

Originally posted by Tom Hanlin:
...<snip>I worked for EllTech for a number of years. I wrote most of the code for
Fax Plus, Encryption Plus, and the later versions of Compression Plus...
for what it's worth.

And now they're out of business? (Sorry Tom, just couldn't let
that wide an opening pass by. {grin})

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Thx............Gösta
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>
http://www.SwedesDock.com
http://www.PondersBible.com

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