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  • IBM437 to IBMPC

    From Paul Quinn@3:640/1384 to August Abolins on Fri Jun 12 12:08:24 2020
    Hi! August,

    On 11 Jun 20 20:26, you wrote to me:

    For August... which one please, mate?

    The problem has been identified in the code. There is a deliberate
    change of ibm437 to ibmpc before packing. There is no buggyness.
    The only buggyness is the rapid jumping to conclusions and the final solutions by select few people.

    Sheesh.

    :) Gracias.

    Cheers,
    Paul.

    ... Blood is thicker than water. Tastier and more nutritious too!
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130515
    * Origin: Quinn's Rock - Live from Paul's Xubuntu desktop! (3:640/1384)
  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/1.11 to August Abolins on Fri Jun 12 08:24:46 2020
    On 11.06.2020 20:28, August Abolins wrote:

    Hello Tommi!

    ** On Tuesday 09.06.20 - 17:31, Tommi Koivula wrote to August Abolins:

    Stop using OpenXP if you want to study kludges.

    ROTFL. (Oooops, now I need help to get up!)

    You'd better stay down there looking for another IBM* kludges? B)

    'Tommi

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    * Origin: rbb soupgate, the fidonet nntp junction (2:221/1.11)
  • From Martin Foster@2:310/31.3 to Michiel van der Vlist on Fri Jun 12 10:43:00 2020
    * Originally posted in "FIDOTEST"
    * Crossposted in "POINTS"

    Hello Michiel!

    *** Thursday 11.06.20 at 11:21, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to August Abolins:

    [snip]
    MvdV> MvdV>> Why not use real Fidonet software for you messages in Fidonet
    MvdV> MvdV>> instead of sofware mainly designed for e-mail and usenet?

    Granted, I heard that oxp was adapted for ftn, but it works quite well
    afaik.

    MvdV> It seems it was written for e-mail and usenet mail and FTN was added as
    MvdV> an afterthought.

    The current incarnation of OpenXP(5.0.xx) is based on the long since
    defunct OpenXP 4.x.xxxx which, in turn, was based on CrossPoint 3.2

    Following portion of text translated from this original document: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrossPoint

    "CrossPoint v1.0 was released in 1992 as shareware for the DOS operating system. It was a pure point program for Z-Netz and its data exchange
    protocol Netcall. Version 2.0 appeared at the end of 1992, which also supported FidoNet, MausNet, MagicNet, QuickMail and the data format of the new Z-Netz protocol ZConnect."

    Hardly an afterthought, more of a development of the software, IMO.

    Regards,
    Martin

    --- OpenXP 5.0.44
    * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)