Subj : Fido Package Deluxe
To   : Torsten Bamberg
From : Martin Foster
Date : Tue Feb 06 2018 12:00:00

Hello Torsten!

On 05.02.18 at 21:55:07, Torsten Bamberg wrote to Martin Foster:
 TB> 05.02.2018 14:15, Martin Foster schrieb an All:

 MF>> As it's such a very long time since I last looked at Fido Package
 MF>> Deluxe, I thought I'd give it a spin on my Win10(x64) box. I was
 MF>> expecting a few problems but no, it works extremely well "out of the
 MF>> box". One problem I've noticed so far is that the included version of
 MF>> "IPRoute" is for DOS and, naturally, it won't run. Anyone know where I
 MF>> can get a Win32 version from?
 TB> IPRoute was written by Volker Imre. From IPRoute there are no sourcecodes
 TB> available. Also Volker has left fidonet about 10 years ago. There is an
 TB> alternative, called tiroute. If something won't work with tiroute and
 TB> fido deluxe, send me a detailed bugreport, and I will fix/change it.

OK, thanks for that.

However, the included version of BinkD is *very* old(0.9.7), so I've replaced 
it in my own setup with a newer version(1.1a-49). As I'm a bit "rusty" with 
BinkD, I'm not sure if I actually need any of these utilities at all.

[..]
 MF>> As the author's website seems to have disappeared, I've made Fido
 MF>> Package Deluxe(along with the source) available from here:
 MF>> http://fidonet.openxp.uk/fpd
 TB> Have yo compiled a win10 version with the sources?

Having had a look at the .dof files, it looks as though the original was 
compiled with Delphi. As I'm not a programmer, I wouldn't know where to start 
with setting up a more modern build environment(Lazarus perhaps?). So, the 
answer to your question is "no".

Regards,
Martin

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