Subj : IBM437 to IBMPC
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Martin Foster
Date : Fri Jun 12 2020 10:43:00

* Originally posted in "FIDOTEST"
* Crossposted in "POINTS"

Hello Michiel!

*** Thursday 11.06.20 at 11:21, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to August Abolins:

[snip]
 MvdV>  MvdV>> Why not use real Fidonet software for you messages in Fidonet
 MvdV>  MvdV>> instead of sofware mainly designed for e-mail and usenet?

 AA>> Granted, I heard that oxp was adapted for ftn, but it works quite well
 AA>> afaik.

 MvdV> It seems it was written for e-mail and usenet mail and FTN was added as
 MvdV> an afterthought.

The current incarnation of OpenXP(5.0.xx) is based on the long since  
defunct OpenXP 4.x.xxxx which, in turn, was based on CrossPoint 3.2

Following portion of text translated from this original document:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrossPoint

"CrossPoint v1.0 was released in 1992 as shareware for the DOS operating  
system. It was a pure point program for Z-Netz and its data exchange  
protocol Netcall. Version 2.0 appeared at the end of 1992, which also  
supported FidoNet, MausNet, MagicNet, QuickMail and the data format of the  
new Z-Netz protocol ZConnect."

Hardly an afterthought, more of a development of the software, IMO.

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.44
 * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

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