There's a page fault with the included r2 release of CWSDPMI.EXE, but it appears to work okay with the r5 release that you can get here (Internet Archive link because author's page seems to be down or gone).

The pong-story.com claims the downloads are gone because of copyright infringement. i don't think the download should be hosted by Vogons then... 😉

CWSDPMI is Copyright (C) 1995-2010 Charles W Sandmann (cwsdpmi at earthlink dot net) 1206 B […]
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CWSDPMI is Copyright (C) 1995-2010 Charles W Sandmann (cwsdpmi at earthlink dot net)
1206 Braelinn, Sugar Land, TX 77479

This is release 7. The files in this binary distribution may be redistributed
under the GPL (with source) or without the source code provided:

* CWSDPMI.EXE or CWSDPR0.EXE are not modified in any way except via CWSPARAM.

* CWSDSTUB.EXE internal contents are not modified in any way except via
CWSPARAM or STUBEDIT. It may have a COFF image plus data appended to it.

* Notice to users that they have the right to receive the source code and/or
binary updates for CWSDPMI. Distributors should indicate a site for the
source in their documentation.

Release 1 had a clause about bundling which disappeared somewhere before release 4.

* Distribution with commercial or shareware programs is allowed but requires
notification of the author by mail or acknowledged email

By what I've read of it's licensing terms, I don't think there's any issues with preserving CWSDPMI in all it's revisions. However, the most polite way to do this would be extending an offer to host the files. Sandmann's most recent DJGPP postings use his Earthlink address, so that's appears current.

Fail! My post was not about cwsdpmi but the attached pong clone. Hence my pointer at pong-story.com...

Dominus wrote:

The pong-story.com claims the downloads are gone because of copyright infringement. i don't think the download should be hosted by Vogons then... 😉

I think this was paranoia - the simulated chip is not from atari, the program is made from scratch - I don' see any reason for copyright infringement. If needed I'll remove the link, but this program can not be found on the internet anymore.

thank you very much ripsaw8080 for the CWSDPMI.EXE hint - will test this ASAP.

ripsaw8080 wrote:

There's a page fault with the included r2 release of CWSDPMI.EXE, but it appears to work okay with the r5 release that you can get here (Internet Archive link because author's page seems to be down or gone).

Yes! it works! thank you very much!

pucpuc wrote:

I think this was paranoia - the simulated chip is not from atari, the program is made from scratch - I don' see any reason for copyright infringement.

It's more of a 'trademark infringement'. The "Atari" down in France sees squatting on legacy IP as better market value than what they release now

leileilol wrote:

It's more of a 'trademark infringement'. The "Atari" down in France sees squatting on legacy IP as better market value than what they release now

I think they stopped hunting down games with pong in the name - there is battle pong http://www.ponggame.org/
Plasma Pong ... so many pong games with "pong" in the name on the internet - seems they gave up.

Plasma Pong was C&D'd.

Dominus wrote:

Fail!

So I see.

Dominus wrote:

My post was not about cwsdpmi but the attached pong clone. Hence my pointer at pong-story.com...

Fair enough. Offering to mirror CWSDPMI would be a cool thing to do, though. Rice University might have finally gotten around to yanking his account.

Interestingly this has been documented at dosbox.com since 2013.
http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=4022&letter=P

I've talked to the Pong-Story guy before, I can easily ask if he got a cease&desist from Atari lawyers.

It's pretty unlikely Sam Greenaum cares, he probably wanted it to spread. But yeah, VOGONS doesn't normally support or traffic in abandonware. Thanks people for remaining vigilant. 😀

thanks for the info - I've removed the attachment as the file can be found on the dosbox page

pucpuc wrote:

leileilol wrote:

It's more of a 'trademark infringement'. The "Atari" down in France sees squatting on legacy IP as better market value than what they release now

I think they stopped hunting down games with pong in the name - there is battle pong http://www.ponggame.org/
Plasma Pong ... so many pong games with "pong" in the name on the internet - seems they gave up.

Thanks for the reminder about the existence of Plasma Pong. It unfortunately has suffered the cease and desist though. 🙁

leileilol was absolutely right BTW - I asked the website admin for Pong-Story.com and he admitted that yes, Atari's lawyers did email him over hosting games that violated their trademark on PONG, and that is why many were taken down. Anything that didn't mention a name in-game, he changed the name of and kept on the site. A bit revisionist but at least he can offer something. So there ya go, pucpuc.

Stiletto wrote:

leileilol was absolutely right BTW - I asked the website admin for Pong-Story.com and he admitted that yes, Atari's lawyers did email him over hosting games that violated their trademark on PONG, and that is why many were taken down. Anything that didn't mention a name in-game, he changed the name of and kept on the site. A bit revisionist but at least he can offer something. So there ya go, pucpuc.

thanks for your research, it was not my intention to spread software that is forbidden here.
I'm really impressed how much feedback my post caused and I'm really happy that I can run this game again.