Subj : Latest version for linux?
To   : Mike Powell
From : Bob Seaborn
Date : Sat Feb 18 2017 06:54 pm

 > What is the latest version of Internet Rex for linux?
 >
 > I got a hold of a version 2.31 not too long ago.  I installed it, but
 > itwill not run.  It keeps giving me a "segmentation fault," which, in
 > researching on the interwebs, seems to mean there is a code error.  As
 > IREX
 > is not open source, there is no way for me to fix that one, if that is
 > right.
 >
 > The version I have on my OS/2 box is 2.29, which I assume is the latest
 > version for that platform.


As I understand things, any version above 2.29 (irregardless of OS) is most 
likely a very unstable beta.  Irex is NOT open source, nor is the source code 
available, although I have been assured by the author that the source is NOT 
lost.  I understand that 'life' got in the way of it's development, so the 
project got shelved.



 >
 > I would like to get IREX working on my debian box so that I can finish
 > moving the board to that box & finally retire the OS/2 box.
 >
 > The other alternative is to get a few email lists that I am porting into
 > my
 > echos moved from IREX to another package.  That is really all I am using
 > it
 > for now... well, that and FTN ftp connections that I have not been able
 > to
 > get working using fidopoll.


All *I* use irex for is the binkd protocol, nothing else, and 2.29 has been 
rock stable her for many years under OS/2.  *I* never saw any need for any 
other use of iRex on my system.







                       .....Bob

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