Subj : FMail 2.3.0.0 public beta release
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Stephen Walsh
Date : Sat Mar 23 2024 17:23:44


Hello Wilfred!

23 Mar 24 01:37, you wrote to me:

 SW>> Do you want me to test it? Link to the code?

 WV> http://www.vlzn.nl/fmail/files/pktview-1.1-src.zip

Compiles and works:

vk3heg@a3000:~/source/pktview$ ./pktview -v fc5c2f01.pkt
pktview V1.1, Copyright WvV 1998, 2016

Dest. Node addr: 21:1/195.1
Orig. Node addr: 21:1/195.0
QDest Zone     : 21
QOrig Zone     : 21
Aux Net        : 0
Date           : 2024/03/22
Time           : 03:09:46
Baud           : 0
Pkt Type       : 2
ProdCode       : 4351
Revision Major : 1
Revision Minor : 9
Password       :
Capability Word: 0001
Capability Val.: 0001
Product data   : 00000000

001 Orig.    : 1/195
    Dest.    : 1/195
    Attribute: 0100
    Cost     : 0
    Date     : 21 Mar 24  17:09:11
    To       : pSYKo
    From     : Zip
    Subject  : Re: Msg Test
    Area     : FSX_TST


1 messages in this .pkt file.

 WV>>> But doing so for the three supported messagebases (msg, hudson,
 WV>>> jam), is a huge pain in the ass, because the code for these is
 WV>>> all over the place.

 SW>> It's a chicken & egg issue..

 WV> Indeed.

 SW>> Magicka supports JAM but is no longer supported.
 SW>> Talisman only supports squish, but is still supported!

 SW>> Both compile and work on M68K Linux!

 WV> Maybe I'll try to make the pkt code endianess agnostic first. If that
 WV> works for you I could look at the message base code.

It's upto you if you want to spend the time doing it... This was just a test to see if fmail etc, would
even compile and run...

Talsiman's tosser works fine. The only thing I wish it did was toss the messages into the msg base in
date order. The point system doesn't have a set poll schedule.

 WV> Does your compiler/environment have endian.h ?

Yes, it is after all Debian Linux M68K:

vk3heg@a3000:~/source/pktview$ whereis endian.h
endian.h: /usr/include/endian.h


Stephen


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