In message , Jim Kewley
writes
In message , Martin Brown
writes
.

Only Demon news is being withdrawn. The demonites live on.
It shows there is still someone there with a sense of humour.


I never used Demon but my ISP in the Isle of Man provided what was/is
(?) the best email and news programme ever - Demon's Turnpike. Sadly
support and updates for Turnpike stopped some years ago now but I still
soldier on, using it on Windows XP via a Virtual Machine.

I've tried all the other email and news programmes but can't seem to
wean myself off Turnpike. Anybody else still clinging to Turnpike ?



Indeed. I'm using it under the 32-bit version of Windows 7 (it won't run
under 64-bit versions of Windows). I'm not sure whether your v6.05 would
work, though. I think you may need the final version, which is 6.07. If
anyone is interested in running TP under 32-bit Windows 7 or 8 (or, as
you are doing, running it on a VM under a 64-bit version of Windows),
you can ask for advice on demon.ip.support.turnpike, which is still
going strong. (And the demise of Demon's own news server - actually it
was outsourced to an outfit called Highwinds in recent years - shouldn't
affect that.)
--
John Hall "Never play cards with a man called Doc.
Never eat at a place called Mom's.
Never sleep with a woman whose troubles
are worse than your own." Nelson Algren