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|    Charles Pierson to Sean Dennis    |
|    Android QWK readers.    |
|    19 Oct 20 20:36:52    |
      MSGID: 2:240/1120.976 01476d37       PID: Hotdoged/2.13.5/Android       TID: jNode/Android       CHRS: CP866 2       REPLY: 1:18/200 5f8d7939       Hello, Sean Dennis.       On 10/19/20 11:28 AM you wrote:               SD> Hello Alan, Saturday October 17 2020 18:46, you wrote to Matt         SD> Munson:        AI>> I've never tried to build anything for an android so I don't know         AI>> how much of a leap that is.        SD> Android apps are written in Java which means Syncterm and         SD> Multimail would have to be rewritten in Java.              Most apps are written in java. It is possible to do so in other programing       languages, it's just a bit more complicated, from what I am learning.                SD> There is already an excellent term program called fTelnet, which         SD> is available in the Google Play store, that works well for         SD> telneting to a BBS.              I've tried it. When it works, I like it. But it's been hit and miss with me,       even connecting to the same BBS.              And I haven't figured out how to start the YModem-G it's supposed to have to       download a QWK packet.                SD> As for Multimail, that might take a considerable amount of work         SD> since it depends on other programs (such as zip and unzip and an         SD> external editor) to be ported. It would be better if someone         SD> wrote an Android-specific mail reader.              That's true. Although, if you start with the code of an open-source reader, I       would think that it would be at least somewhat easier.                      --       Best regards!       Posted using Hotdoged on Android       --- Hotdoged/2.13.5/Android        * Origin: Houston, TX (2:240/1120.976)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 18/200 90/1 120/340 123/131 129/305 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/101 275 424 426 452 550 664 1016 240/1120 1634 1895 2100       SEEN-BY: 240/5138 5411 5832 5853 8001 8002 8005 249/206 317 400 261/38       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 313/41 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 342/200       SEEN-BY: 382/147 633/280 2452/250 2454/119       PATH: 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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