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   Charles Pierson to Sean Dennis   
   Re: Android QWK readers.   
   23 Oct 20 15:16:41   
   
   MSGID: 1:229/426.67 390bc331   
   PID: Hotdoged/2.13.5/Android   
   TID: jNode/Android   
   CHRS: CP866 2   
   REPLY: 1:18/200.0 5f9321a0   
   Hello, Sean Dennis.   
   On 10/23/20 1:32 PM you wrote:   
      
    CP>> Most apps are written in java. It is possible to do so in other    
    CP>> programing languages, it's just a bit more complicated, from what    
    CP>> I am learning.   
    SD> Yes and no.  FreePascal has a Java compiler so you can write your    
    SD> program in Pascal but compiles into Java.  I don't know how well    
    SD> it works but might be something.   
      
   I was reading something about Android Studio you can write in C++ and other   
   languages with additional NDKs. Might be the same type of thing.   
       
    CP>> And I haven't figured out how to start the YModem-G it's supposed    
    CP>> to have to download a QWK packet.   
    SD> You tap on fTelnet's "MENU" button and select "Download", IIRC.   
      
   I'll have to look again.  I can't recall a menu button.   
       
    SD> I knew Chuck Forsberg way back when (I lived about 20 miles north    
    SD> of him).  He told me on several occasions that Zmodem was not    
    SD> designed to be used over telnet and to use YModem/YModem-G    
    SD> instead.   
      
   That's interesting. I've never used YModem before. I'm not sure why.   
       
    CP>> That's true. Although, if you start with the code of an    
    CP>> open-source reader, I would think that it would be at least    
    CP>> somewhat easier.   
    SD> Yes, it would be.  I have little interest in such a project as I    
    SD> don't use my phone for much else besides talking and texting.     
    SD> Maybe someone else will pick up the mantle from here.   
      
   I'm considering it. I definitely need to brush up on my programming.   
       
      
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