GPL: Thurston Team To Release Feature-Rich GPaL Incarnate: GEM+

After posting the following message as follow-up to my thread of April 10 entitled "Take Up the GPaL Gauntlet?", I decided that the news here is significant enough to deserve a top-level post so that no one misses it. Jack ======= Post to "Take Up the GPaL Gauntlet?" Thread" ================ Well, I have some good news to report! What I'm about to tell you, I'm told, is largely unpublicized, so I'm revealing this with the express permission of the author. After initiating this thread, I received an e-mail from Paul Thurston expressing an interest in GPaL. When we discussed his extensive development background and he explained that he was involved in the delivery of the technique for mixing GPL engines and chassis, I knew he had the "tools" and the interest. Paul went on to explain that he's currently close to beta on a GPaL-like application that he and a small group have been working on for a bit now. So I took a look... With the help of Gary Tall and a handful of other developers and/or testers (many with names you'd recognize), Paul has developed this little baby called GEM+ which I think is a real "diamond in the rough." (Okay I'll stop with the humor.) My assessment: If there is still a need for the functionality that I built into GPaL, then I think the GPL world will love this thing. It has essentially all the basic functionality that GPaL had on tap, and a lot more. One of many inspired things that Paul has done, in addition to making GPL amazingly customizable, is to make his interface very customizable itself. So you'll be able to easily launch whatever you like from within GEM+. Believe me, it's nice work. So my bottom line is I think Paul and crew have what you need. I'll be providing Paul with whatever GPaL code might help, and, if his team's interested, will assist in whatever way I can...as time permits. One final note: I'd encourage all of you to respect the facts that 1) Paul and his team are working hard at bring a quality application that will further enhance the GPL experience and 2) they have jobs, families, and lives outside of their efforts to deliver this terrific new addition. If you'll do that, I think you'll find that your patience will be richly rewarded. Thanks and best of luck to the GEM+ team! Jack

Sounds good! One thing I would like to see is a chassis manager to go with the engine switcher. I know at first that sounds usless, but I do have a use for it. I would like to make a different 1967/68. I want to replace the BRM chassis with the Eagle and add the Maserati engine. This would simulate what would have happened if BRM would have dropped the H-16 and gone with the BRM V-12 and made a lightweight (for BRM) chassis. buzard "Jack Rambo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:f2XA6.2199$[email hidden]...

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> > After posting the following message as follow-up to my thread of April 10 > entitled "Take Up the GPaL Gauntlet?", I decided that the news here is > significant enough to deserve a top-level post so that no one misses it. > > Jack > > > ======= Post to "Take Up the GPaL Gauntlet?" Thread" ================ > > > Well, I have some good news to report! > > What I'm about to tell you, I'm told, is largely unpublicized, so I'm > revealing this with the express permission of the author. > > After initiating this thread, I received an e-mail from Paul Thurston > expressing an interest in GPaL. When we discussed his extensive

development > background and he explained that he was involved in the delivery of the > technique for mixing GPL engines and chassis, I knew he had the "tools"and > the interest. Paul went on to explain that he's currently close to beta ona > GPaL-like application that he and a small group have been working on for a > bit now. So I took a look... > > With the help of Gary Tall and a handful of other developers and/ortesters > (many with names you'd recognize), Paul has developed this little baby > called GEM+ which I think is a real "diamond in the rough." (Okay I'llstop > with the humor.) My assessment: If there is still a need for the > functionality that I built into GPaL, then I think the GPL world will love > this thing. It has essentially all the basic functionality that GPaL hadon > tap, and a lot more. One of many inspired things that Paul has done, in > addition to making GPL amazingly customizable, is to make his interfacevery

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> customizable itself. So you'll be able to easily launch whatever you like > from within GEM+. Believe me, it's nice work. > > So my bottom line is I think Paul and crew have what you need. I'll be > providing Paul with whatever GPaL code might help, and, if his team's > interested, will assist in whatever way I can...as time permits. > > One final note: I'd encourage all of you to respect the facts that 1) Paul > and his team are working hard at bring a quality application that will > further enhance the GPL experience and 2) they have jobs, families, and > lives outside of their efforts to deliver this terrific new addition. If > you'll do that, I think you'll find that your patience will be richly > rewarded. > > Thanks and best of luck to the GEM+ team! > > Jack > > > >

Good grief! Turn your back on this NG for a bit and KAZAM; it's flashback time! What year IS this, anyway? They did tell me drugs weren't good for me... SB "Jack Rambo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:f2XA6.2199$[email hidden]... > > After posting the following message as follow-up to my thread of April 10 > entitled "Take Up the GPaL Gauntlet?", I decided that the news here is > significant enough to deserve a top-level post so that no one misses it. > > Jack

Oh my gosh. This from a guy whose disappearing acts preceded mine if I recall! Nice to hear from you Stevie B! Still riding? Still in Chattanooga? Recently got a pair of wheels from that company up there. ;-) Miss those late-night, post-race missives of yours! Jack "Steve Blankenship" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... Good grief! Turn your back on this NG for a bit and KAZAM; it's flashback time! What year IS this, anyway? They did tell me drugs weren't good for me... SB "Jack Rambo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:f2XA6.2199$[email hidden]... > > After posting the following message as follow-up to my thread of April 10 > entitled "Take Up the GPaL Gauntlet?", I decided that the news here is > significant enough to deserve a top-level post so that no one misses it. > > Jack

Hi Jack, Yep on both counts, though less so. But is there a bike company up here? Who knew? ;-) Yeah, your old NTT series was lots of fun, back in my early days with GPL. It gave me plenty of opportunities to regale you with tales of how I snatched defeat from the jaws of victory! And lo, I too bailed on this sim-racing stuff for about a year. But since I never deleted GPL from my HD, it was just a matter of time before it sucked me back in! Had to learn how to drive again, but it went a bit easier the second time around. Like most things... Hope to see you on track sometime! SB "Jack Rambo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:6qsB6.237$[email hidden]... > Oh my gosh. This from a guy whose disappearing acts preceded mine if I > recall! > > Nice to hear from you Stevie B! Still riding? Still in Chattanooga?Recently > got a pair of wheels from that company up there. ;-) > > Miss those late-night, post-race missives of yours! > > Jack