Subj : SemPoint.. FYI
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon May 27 2019 00:51:00

Hello Martin!

** 26.05.19 - 11:48, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> I thought Wine would be a handy "utility" that most linux users would
 AA>> like to have.

 MF>Maybe/maybe not and from my brief experiences with "Wine", I wouldn't
 MF>touch it with the proverbial barge pole.

I don't think I ever heard much negative about Wine.  It performed really  
well with an MS Office 2007 Suite install on a linux pc I was playing with  
just a few months ago.  Infact, it worked *too* well! The install was  
successful and registered OK.  But that little experiment used up one of  
my volume licenses that I was planning for a better replacement pc.  But I  
digress..

In general, I didn't need much use for Wine in the past. I usually found  
fine native linux apps that were worthy of their Windows counterparts.


 AA>> Now, all I need to do is to bolt on a tosser to operate SEM as a true
 AA>> point.

 MF>I can recommend CrashMail but you already know about that and don't
 MF>forget you'll need binkD as well.

Looks like I will have to forgo CrashMail.  It only does .MSG and JAM.

JAM is not cooperating on my SemPoint (see previous posts about this).

My journey with WinPoint, Apoint, OXP, and now SemPoint is to find a good  
"solution" to demonstrate and promote what fidonet messaging is all about,  
but avoid too many "bolting on" of additional support programs.

But there a modest trade-off required since almost every practical program  
worth using today is of a retro-nature (that is, either 16bit, not  
supported, lacking integrattion with internet transfer, other limitations,  
etc.)

It's more like refurbishing an old car with aftermarket parts and make it  
roadworthy and hopefully practical and still fun to drive.


  ../|ug

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