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|    mark lewis to Kim Heino    |
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|    20 Dec 16 14:17:52    |
      20 Dec 16 19:21, you wrote to Ben Ritchey:               >> I ask because the Product Code in the packets I get from you is x00FE        >> (reserved for "No code" utilities) vice the BBBS code of x01FF which it               KH> "FTSC Product Codes", http://ftsc.org/docs/fta-1005.003, says:              i think he's talking about the product code inside the PKTs created to carry       the packed messages... depending on which PKT type is being constructed, the       code may be different? type 2(.0) and 2.2 both have one byte for the product       code but 2+ has two (non-consecutive) bytes allocated for the product code...               KH> Can you give me an url to a newer spec saying 0x01ff?              http://ftsc.org/docs/ftscprod.017 shows two codes for BBBS...              0110,BBBS,MSDOS/OS2/NT/Amiga/Unix,Mailer/Packer,Kim_Heino,2:22/222,19980216       01FF,BBBS,MSDOS/OS2/NT/Amiga/Unix,Mailer/Packer,Kim_Heino,2:22/222,19980216              plus there are these... the first two don't apply to BBBS but the 3rd one fits       with the 2nd of the above two...              00FE,No_product_id_allocated,Any,Packer,No_Author,3:3/20       00FF,16-bit_product_id,Any,Packer/Mailer,No_Author,3:3/20       0100,Reserved,None,None,No_Author,3:3/20,19951209                     )\/(ark              Always Mount a Scratch Monkey       Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it       wrong...       ... I know how hard it is to put food on your family. - George W. Bush       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)    |
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