Blog: The Life Of A Supreme Ruler

I’ve had some problems…..

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— orudge @ 05/05/2001 12:00 am

A few days ago, my 12.7GB hard disk started making a ticking noise. Later that day, the disk turned into an expensive paperweight. Everything was lost. I had backups of some things, such as OSPlus, but I no longer have the source code to the Transport Tycoon Saved Game Manager or my FreeGEM Setup program (I had backed this up, but there was a buffer underrun while writing the CD with this on and the source code was lost. If you know of any QuickBASIC decompilation utilities, I’d really appreciate it). I should be able to reconstruct TTSGM, but the FreeGEM Setup program may take longer. (I spent hours implementing the multiple feature sets and so on…). As you can see, my web site is fine (it was on the other drive), as is all my e-mail. I’ve bought a new drive and installed Windows on it (it’s much faster now, but then this is the first full reinstallation since December 1998), and various programs, and restored some backups.

Anyway, it might be a while before the next update. Also, I may well release the source code of TTSGM and/or FreeGEM Setup to avoid losing it again. (On the other hand, I might send the code to a couple of other people to keep a backup). Right, I’m off to install some ActiveX controls, then maybe start work on reconstructing TTSGM 2.0.

Finally, if you want the source code to my Bad Seal screenshot utility, then you can’t have it. Why? Because it’s gone too…