Subj : Blue Wave Linux
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Tue Jul 24 2018 16:18:00

-=> Dale Shipp wrote to Alan Ianson <=-

 DS> There are two ways of fixing the Y2K problem with the QWK reader and
 DS> REP packets. A link containing both methods, and a lot of other BW
 DS> related programs is: http://www.wpusa.dynip.com/files/BLUEWAVE/

Thanks for the link. I've downloaded a few of the files there and will be
adding them to the filebase here.

 DS> My recommendation for anyone who wants to use BW is the first fix on
 DS> that page.

I notice there is no exe replacement in the first fix for OS2. Is the OS2
version also affected by this problem with rep packets? Maybe the other fix
there is used for OS2?

 DS> I don't know if BW can run under Linux, but there is an OS/2 version.
 DS> Since my current computer is a 64 bit computer, I cannot run it in
 DS> native form -- but choose to run it in a virtual window with Win XP.

It does run under linux. On my 64 bit linux I have problems with pkunzip.
DPMI is no longer supported (in a 64 bit OS, I think) so I have to remember
how to disable DPMI with pkunzip or maybe switch to unzip.

 DS> I have heard good words about Multimail.

It works well and has been maintained and supported for a long time now.
It's handy for me on linux.. no unzip or pkunzip issues.. :)


 Ttyl :-),
         Al
 

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