Subj : winpoint -> sempoint
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Apr 11 2019 21:30:00

Hello Martin!

** 11.04.19 - 13:11, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

AA>> Where did you get your copy?

MF> http://archives.thebbs.org/ra110a.htm

MF> ..... but the download was ohh-sooo-slooooooooooooooow.

Maybe you caught the site just before the problem started.
The page loads, but the link for any of the files now fails completely.

I think I saw it on one of the pages at filegate.net, but the search  
doesn't seem to list it anymore.

I still have two "original" archive copies.  There is a later one that has  
four extra files - sample screenshots of:

01 Read_QWK_Packet (MARKANT.QWK).gif
02 Create New MSGs or Reply on Existing.GIF
03 Crating MSGs with Alias (Annonymous) Name.GIF
04 EXPORT_New_Mesages_in_Packet(MARKANT.REP).GIF

...do you have that one?


AA>> Meanwhile, I created a little 2min video on what it looks like:

AA>>         http://kolico.ca/fidonet/files/sempoint-preview.zip

MF> When your video first started, I thought I was looking at APoint
MF> (remember that?) but then I realised I wasn't when I saw the icons
MF> across the top :)

MF> Nice job though and it certainly gives a feel for the programme.

Thanks.  I remember using APoint for a little while, but I don't remember  
what it looked like.  I kinda wish there was a way to see it in operation,  
again.  I do however remember that it wasn't cooperating very well in  
windows mode on a fine OS/2 Warp 3 pc.

Often when a program is announced, it would be nice to see decent  
screenshots or a video to get an idea of what to expect.


AA>> I used it during my full fidonode days on an OS/2 system with the
AA>> Win-OS/2 support mode.

MF> Ahhhhhhh, yes, good old OS/2. It was my OS of choice "back in the
MF> day". Pity that ArcaOS isn't ready for prime time yet.

The Win-OS/2 support was amazing. It was a great way to intermix the best  
of DOS, Win and OS/2 into one seemless family.

I still have the apparently "crashed" hdd.  The hope is to recover some of  
the files off of it.


  ../|ug

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