Hi,
Thanks for your interest in the project.
The status is that I have the full version of XDP with the bookmark
bug fixed sitting on my PC's hard drive. It's been quite a long time
since I've worked on it. For all intents and purposes, it's a working
version, but just needs to be made ready for release. It also needs
to be stripped down for a download version. However, I started having
problems with my PC a long time ago and have still not gotten it
fixed. I've replaced literally everything over the past 2 years. I'd
get running properly intermittently here and there, but windoze would
always lose drivers or some ridiculous junk after a day or 2. I had
windoze working properly for about 2 weeks at one point and then it
decided it didn't want to burn CDs properly anymore, only coasters.
Those who frequented the IRC chat room are very familiar with my
issues. Anyway, I don't want to turn this into a post complaining
about computers. I can do more of that some other time. >:-/

In Nov. 2005 I began playing around with an old Mac 6100 and building
an old Mac 6500 that I had stored away and never used. Since that
time, I've gradually been going more and more Mac, as I've seen less
and less problems and found it more and more enjoyable than windoze.
My attention turned away from PC's and I began upgrading my old Macs,
(which became a pretty big hobby along with making OS X looking themes for the
classic OS 9), and then finally bought a nice G4 last winter so I can now run
the latest Mac OS. BTW, you can see some pics of my customization of that old
6500 here: http://www.psilocybindreams.com/mymac

Recently, my interest in getting something done with XDP has
resurfaced, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to try to work on it with
VirtualPC on my Mac. I know mkisofs exists for Mac also, but really,
either of those 2 options require more learning on my part and free
time has become a real issue.

So, I've taken up trying to fix my PC again, since I'm already well
versed in the command line utilities and other apps that I've always
used in working with Dreamcast software. I recently bought another
large Hard Drive so I could back up all my data and start with a fresh
install of XP and 98SE. However, when I was attempting a fresh
install, I found that the "new" ASUS motherboard I bought a while back
has problems. I've been looking around for another mobo and I'm
currently considering a nice mobo/cpu combo.

If you are serious about wanting to help, we can certainly talk about
it. I'd really appreciate a hand. If you'd like, we can meet in chat
sometime soon. I'll have to figure out when I'll have time and then I
can post my availability here. If I get this peecee running properly
again, there are some other things I'd like to do with XDP such as
some new graphics. But we'll see. That may all depend on how much
free time I have and whether or not I have help.

Take care,
-Ex

P.S.
Sorry Rich, for not setting aside time to chat sooner. :-(
I definitely owe you a few for that. ;-)
...and yes, you too Max & Sal.



--- In xdpbrowsers@yahoogroups.com, "netman85ym" <netman85am@...> wrote:
>
> hello. i was just wondering what the current status of xdp rev 4 is. if
> you need an additional developer, i will gladly help. my email is
> netman85am@... . thanks!
>