Does anyone use a QWK reader in Windows 10 or 11? I used a couple in the
Does anyone use a QWK reader in Windows 10 or 11? I used a couple in the
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.
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.
you could always run your own bbs and use THAT as a qwk reader.
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.
True. I ran Synchronet a decade ago. I didn't do much with it other than explore writing a door and a couple of minor custom mods. Nothing really useful, more for fun and learning.
And I've thought about doing so again. Although I have a dozen other projects at the moment and another two dozen that I would rather dig into. Not to mention working an extra 15 to 20 hours a week at one of the best jobs I could ask for, just because I want to. ;)
Skylar wrote to MRO <=-
And I've thought about doing so again. Although I have a dozen other projects at the moment and another two dozen that I would rather dig
into. Not to mention working an extra 15 to 20 hours a week at one of
the best jobs I could ask for, just because I want to. ;)
installing synchronet is really not a project. it takes minutes.
Re: Re: QWK reader for Window
By: MRO to Skylar on Tue Jun 18 2024 10:34 pm
installing synchronet is really not a project. it takes minutes.
Yep! I think Synchronet is the easiest BBS I have ever set up. Took me almost five minutes (although I will admit that I did not do anything special with networked msg bases or anything like that.) Just a plain jane setup of 6 nodes.
installing synchronet is really not a project. it takes minutes.
Yep! I think Synchronet is the easiest BBS I have ever set up. Took me almost five minutes (although I will admit that I did not do anything special with networked msg bases or anything like that.) Just a plain jane setup of 6 nodes.
installing synchronet is really not a project. it takes minutes.
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.
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.
Re: Re: QWK reader for Window
By: MRO to Skylar on Tue Jun 18 2024 10:34 pm
installing synchronet is really not a project. it takes minutes.
I think you overlooked me saying that I had Synchronet running a decade ago.
You also don't know me at all. Everything is a project. If or when I install SBBS again, it won't be just to read messages. :D
Ftn is pretty easy to setup;you just get the numbers right.
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.
Bf2k+ wrote to MRO <=-
All controlled with a batch file called SVC.BAT which was originally written by a guy named Gee Wong and totally bastardized and modsified
by moi... it would do system functions in the order on the command line like:
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.
Re: Re: QWK reader for Window
By: MRO to Bf2k+ on Wed Jun 19 2024 02:47 pm
Ftn is pretty easy to setup;you just get the numbers right.
I hate to say that I have forgotten everything I know about Ftn. Getting old sux.
I was in Fidonet between the years of 1988-1997 and everything was DOS-based back then and run with magnanimous batch files (I recently found some of my old setups on floppies.) :)
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.
I'm running Synchronet on Linux and it was very easy to compile, following instructions on the wiki.
Pretty amazing that you could run an node in a world-wide data network
using a batch file to accept callers, run maintenance, send and receive
new mail, and do everything on a DOS machine.
it's not about being old, it's just because you forgot what you didn't practice. I've forgotten tons of things.
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.
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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