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  • QWK reader for Window

    From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Bryan on Wed Jun 19 21:43:00 2024
    Hello Bryan!

    ** On Tuesday 18.06.24 - 11:30, Bryan wrote to Rotorek:

    Hi Skylar,

    recently I've done similar search in order to find
    something that runs well on linux.

    I came across SEMPOINT -- quite nice client that ran well
    in wine. I didn't try it in win 10, but I've read somewhere
    on the nets here that it runs fine there -- you just need
    some tool for win16 compatibility. I can't remember the
    name though.

    I tried running it on my win 11 machine in compatibility
    mode for win 95 and the setup program wouldn't even load.

    The best Windows-based "reader" would be WinPoint, imho.

    http://winpoint.org/

    "The Fidonet Point Package for Windows
    Supports Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11 (32/64 Bit)"





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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Skylar on Wed Jun 19 21:47:00 2024
    Hello Skylar!

    ** On Tuesday 18.06.24 - 20:31, Skylar wrote to Rotorek:

    I was able to install and launch SEMPOINT in Windows 11
    using https://github.com/otya128/winevdm

    I imported a QWK packet and will give it a try. Thanks for
    mentioning it.

    I use Sempoint for many years. It supports QWK, BW, and MSG
    style. It has many bbs/fido -centric things like stealing and
    using taglines, and threading of messages.

    But give Winpoint a try as well. All you need to do is get
    established as a point with a BBS that will give you a unique
    number.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to NIGHTFOX on Thu Jun 20 13:01:00 2024
    Yeah, it's pretty easy to set up. But IMO it's good to put some time into customizing it so that it's not a stock setup, and that is the project.

    If you are running in on *nix and have to compile it, that can also become
    a project.


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  • From Amessyroom@VERT/TL-QWK to Nightfox on Mon Jul 15 23:21:25 2024
    Re: Re: QWK reader for Window
    By: Nightfox to Dumas Walker on Thu Jun 20 2024 09:50 am


    I'm running Synchronet on Linux and it was very easy to compile, following instructions on the wiki.

    Nightfox

    Love the documentation on the wiki. Just wish I could find what
    I needed on my own, LOL. But I'm learning and enjoying as I go.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Amessyroom on Mon Jul 15 23:50:58 2024
    Re: Re: QWK reader for Window
    By: Amessyroom to Nightfox on Mon Jul 15 2024 07:21 pm

    Love the documentation on the wiki. Just wish I could find what
    I needed on my own, LOL. But I'm learning and enjoying as I go.

    You know wiki.synchro.net has a search box? :-)
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DIGITAL MAN on Tue Jul 16 12:07:00 2024
    Love the documentation on the wiki. Just wish I could find what
    I needed on my own, LOL. But I'm learning and enjoying as I go.

    You know wiki.synchro.net has a search box? :-)

    Works pretty good, too, so long as you know what you are searching for.


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