Subj : Telegram users soon?
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Sat Oct 31 2020 19:22:22

Hello, Maurice Kinal.
On 10/31/20 10:23 PM you wrote:

 MK> Hey Charles!
 MK>>> that binkd for Android works just fine.
 CP>> It does. And there are a couple of point programs for Android 
 CP>> that work, but have some issues.
 MK> I believe that a point approach with binkd for contacting and 
 MK> exchanging pkt's with the mothership (bossnode) is the way to go 
 MK> with mobile single user devices.

I agree. For the various issues that the two point programs that I have found for Android,  it is a good way to connect to Fidonet and other FTN style networks. 

 MK> Currently I have 3 wireless APs working (hostapd) x86_64's that 
 MK> have working binkd at their disposal that can/could give access to 
 MK> the broader fidonet network.  They are definetly potential access 
 MK> points for Android and iOS based devices.

I had to look some of that up. It turns out I actually knew what it all was, I just don't always know the actual terminology. 

If I am understanding correctly, that set up could act like a server to connect to with a mobile device to connect to Fidonet?
 
 CP>> It won't be something everyone would want to use.
 MK> Like me for instance?  I am not a fan of so-called smart devices 
 MK> ... to say the least.  Also the 10.1" tablet I was using for 
 MK> testing had a battery go bad on it and I am not keen to replace it 
 MK> given the cost.  I'd rather buy a new one ... if indeed I feel a 
 MK> need to port and test fidonet apps on a crippled single user 
 MK> system such as Android.

I'm currently communicating here with a 5.5" (I believe) phone. This application HotdogEd, has a Point provider and and NNTP provider packages. Both allow for multiple addresses. Functionally, I connect easily on wifi or mobile data. The only problems connectivity wise I've noticed are in the program itself switching from Ipv6 to Ipv4. 

But it mostly does what I need it to do.

I do know of some people who don't like the point idea for various reasons, but are interested in QWK style message applications. So I'm looking into that idea as well.

I haven't seriously done anything with program code in years, so those lines and other crazy ideas I have are long term projects.

All that being said, this Telegram project is something that does work, not only on phones and tablets, but computers as well.

 MK> Having said that, it looks to be doable.  I was using termux for 
 MK> Android to provide the bash enviroment for Android.  I am unsure 
 MK> if a similar strategy could be deployed on iOS.

I don't know much of anything dealing with iOS. 

I've tried various terminals on Android, but it only showed me how much I don't know.
 

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