Subj : GoldEd
To   : IB JOE
From : Marceline Jones
Date : Sun Feb 28 2021 04:54 pm

 IJ> I have a question..... DOS or windows version??

DOS version.

 IJ> I found a copy and it says it does..
 IJ> :Start
 IJ> ! The 16-bit DOS version was too large to compile, so to be able to
 IJ> continue to release it at all, I had to remove some of the least
 IJ> used msgbase formats. This means that the 16-bit DOS version no
 IJ> longer has support for Ezycom, PCBoard, WildCat! and Goldbase. If
 IJ> you need these msgbase formats, please use the 32-bit DOS version or
 IJ> another platform.
 IJ> :stop

 IJ> I looked at the doc of the 16Bit DOS version and it states that you
 IJ> need to use the 32Bit DOS verson... anything other than the 16Bit
 IJ> version. 

Well, the "FILE_ID.DIZ" for the 16-bit version that I got says it does do Wildcat 4:

=======================================
GoldED 3.00.Beta3 "Happy Duck II" Mail
Editor for FidoNet, DOS 16-bit version
with Full Documentation, Advanced Set
Configurations and WildCat! 4.x support
=======================================
 
 IJ> I'm assuming there is a difference between WC4 & WC5 though.  DOCS did
 IJ> expand..

Sounds like it. 

WC5 probably changed its message base format to support Microsoft Exchange.

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