Subj : QWK packets
To   : Charles Pierson
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Sat Oct 17 2020 13:13:46

  Re: QWK packets
  By: Charles Pierson to All on Sat Oct 17 2020 11:27 am

 > Hello, All.
 >
 > OK, I'm experimenting again.  I logged onto a BBS on their Web access and
 > downloaded a QWK packet. Android doesn't have a QWK reader that I am aware
 > of. So I open my DOSBox and install MM V0.32. However, trying to open that
 > packet, I get an error saying it's not recognized.
 >
 > Any Ideas?
 >
 > I also got a similar error trying SLMR.

Do you have pkunzip installed in the DOSBox? If so, try viewing/verifying the zip-integrity of the QWK packet. Also, be sure that MM or SLMR can run pkunzip.exe to extract the contents of the packet.

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