I've lost my AvantSlash code, have I tried everything?

August 3, 2005 5:12 AM

My (old) sysadmin in what could only be described as a hissy fit deleted my entire account one friday night. Along with all my emails and other stuff went the only copy I had of AvantSlash. This is rather unfortunate, since I maintain it! Can you help me find a copy of v3.0 or 3.1?

Ignoring the obvious (should backup more often, don't go with a sysadmin who suffers from this kind of thing) I'm having terrible problems actually finding the code. I've searched Google, searched p2p (v2.28 only), posted requests on Slashdot, posted requests on forums where they've asked about it and even tried to contact the owner of the glowing comment on the freshmeat page but nothing.

Is all hope lost? Can you help or can you advise on where I should be looking?

posted by ralawrence to computers & internet (5 comments total)

I suppose you could try the Chaos node, as discussed in this MobileRead forum. Slashdot themselves still have their Palm conduit in service.
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:49 AM on August 3, 2005

I did see his offer and whilst it is appreciated, v3.x had a significant re-write of the config system and I'd like to try and avoid doing that again.

Although people can use the Slashdot palm version, I don't recommend it for many reasons - in fact, if was remotely decent, AvantSlash would never have existed.
posted by ralawrence at 6:17 AM on August 3, 2005

Found a bunch of 2.32 archives, but you already have that.

Maybe the guy who made the Jun 15, 2005 comment on freshmeat had just upgraded to 3.1? He might be a good person to contact.
posted by aiko at 6:22 AM on August 3, 2005

I have tried ArtPopp but he, sadly, hasn't responded to my email.
posted by ralawrence at 6:30 AM on August 3, 2005

Well I hope you find it! I went to use it from my hiptop the other day and got your error message. Anyway, just thought I'd say that I like(d) the service. Thanks and good luck.
posted by jikel_morten at 12:34 PM on August 3, 2005