Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #04408



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Jacob2727@aol.com
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 17:14:31 EDT
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Swap Shoppe up!!


In a message dated 6/7/99 10:19:04 AM Central Daylight Time,
jmeers@desconnect.com writes:

<< , the BEAM Swap Shoppe is up and running, but not that well. I still
have to get Turtle Tek to work on the scripts, because some of the stuff
is on his server, but I am the owner, the guy who got the whole swap
shoppe idea going, because when I mentioned it, people started to want one
too, well there can only be one, and follow the link on my site to find
it!!!!
have a nice day all!!!
>>

Greetings Jesse Meers and All,

I have been unavailable for the last few weeks and unable to work on the
scripts. However, I have been done with these CGI scripts for quite a while.
The reason the development of the BEAM swap shoppe has been so slow is due to
the lack of communication between the parties involved (Meers, "Smoke", and
myself). My part in this was to write the perl scripts to opperate the forms.

In my opinion, the release of this is premature. It simply isn't done. The
HTML is not and never has been completely done and that is why the CGI isn't
working properly. The scripts I wrote when done before the HTML was...a
mistake I now realize. Then again, had I waited for the other parties
involved nothing would never get finished.

I have been away from my computer and I still am. I may be able to tailor the
scripts to work properly from here...maybe. There are problems with my server
that do not allow me to edit the CGI scripts, these problems will probably
not get resolved without my being there in person. What does this mean for
you guys?

Sit tight and relax. What you have seen of the Swap Shoppe is NOT what the
finished product will be. Again, this is a premature release that I had not
planned, but nevermind that, those are internal matters not to be dealt with
on the list.

As for contacting me, any of you who have tried probably know that my email
box was full. Well, it isn't any longer so you can email me. As for ICQ,
don't bother waiting for me to show up there, I won't for a few weeks. The
reason I am writing from this address is because it is all I could get to on
short notice, DO NOT EMAIL ME HERE. This is my friend's address and he'd
rather not be pestered about the swap shoppe. Email me at my address,
(turtletek@aol.com).

Ok, well, that's about it. I hope this cleared things up. The swap shoppe is
by no means done..but how things are going, it may be the last time in a long
time you see it.
__________________________________
Brien "TurtleTek" Smith Martinez
URL: www.extremesc.com/turtletek

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