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= Note about this article =
 
It appears there was a bit of conflict between '''Downloads''' page and '''Software''' page. The main page previously said "We've added download links for Cumulus V1 and Cumulus MX in the new Software/Downloads page " because of this. Since then the [[Main Page]] has been updated, the legacy Cumulus and Cumulus MX links are now in separate columns of the table, and the introductory text has been revised.
When Steve Loft was about to retire from involvement with Cumulus, he wanted to close his web server. His server (sandaysoft.com) had hosted the wiki, the support forum, and some of the downloads were at http://sandaysoft.com/downloads. The other downloads (used mostly for beta and special releases) were at http://www.nybbles.co.uk/downloads which was also closed.
 
#When Steve Loft was about to retire from involvement with Cumulus, he wanted to close his web server.
In October 2018, Ken True ("saratogaWX") offered to host the Wiki on his site. The Cumulus 1 software files were downloaded from the links mentioned above, and then added to this "Downloads" page by Ken as part of the migration of the Wiki.
#*His server (sandaysoft.com) had hosted the wiki, the support forum, and some of the downloads were at http://sandaysoft.com/downloads.
 
#*The other downloads (used mostly for beta and special releases) were at http://www.nybbles.co.uk/downloads which was also closed.
The next month (November 2018), Steve Loft sought a new host for the support forum, as next part of closing his web server. The Cumulus MX beta that Steve Loft was writing and hosting on his web server was available as a download within the support forum. When Niall Hosiene ("Freddie") took over hosting of the forum, all the forum contents, including attached files, were moved to his server.
#*In October 2018, Ken True ("saratogaWX") offered to host the Wiki on his site.
 
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#*Ken True added download links to the original page of this name; he added the Cumulus 1 final version software download, the help file download and the Cumulus 1 special downloads for Instromet.
#On 31 October 2018, Ken True, downloaded the final Cumulus MX release made by Steve Loft (from his Support Forum post) and created a [[Software|new Page called Software]] for this.
*Mark Crossley on taking over Cumulus MX development created a new Software page in this Wiki just for MX downloading information
#*Subsequently he added the source zip that Steve Loft made available (the source included some changes not in that Steve Loft
**This was done in a rush in September 2018 as the '''MX-beta''' release downloads were held as attachments to Steve Loft's forum posts, and at that time nobody had volunteered to host the Support Forum
#The next month (November 2018), Steve Loft sought a new host for the support forum, as next part of closing his web server.
** The new page had links to Mark's GitHub pages where the source and distributions for MX-beta had now been added.
#*When Niall Hosiene ("Freddie") took over hosting of the forum, Ken True updated the relevant Wiki pages here.
#On 7 December 2018, Mark Crossley decided to take on further development of Cumulus MX
#*Mark added copies of Steve Loft's MX-beta release, and the released MX source to Marks' Github repository he created for Cumulus MX.
#*As Mark has developed MX further, he has added to this Github repository, the release complied code, the supporting files, and therefore the source files
#*Mark maintains the links to the Github repository for the latest release on the Software page of this Wiki.
#*The early releases by Mark continued to be labelled "beta release", but soon Mark brought MX out of beta, so links were described as "current release"
*Subsequently, Niall Hosiene edited the new Software page to make it one destination for both MX and Cumulus 1 software, in deleting the original "Downloads" page, he overlooked that other pages in this Wiki were still linking to the original Downloads page.
** He was so keen to promote MX, his edit downgraded Cumulus 1 to legacy, and the links to the various Cumulus 1 downloads were consequently made harder to spot.
 
In April 2020:
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#*this resurrection has given the chance to make this page devoted to Cumulus 1, and so much simpler and more detailed again
#the Software page has been improved by Ken True
#*the Software page legacy section is only a prećis of the detail available on this page, but it does have links to Cumulus 1 and the patch.
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