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   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   SemPoint.. FYI   
   26 May 19 11:48:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet d8ca155a   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.59 5ce9ea5a   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Linux) (x86_64)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Hello August!   
      
   ## 26.05.19 at 01:22, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    AA>>> SemPoint will cooperate in Linux under Wine.   
      
    MF>> Not bothering with Wine because I've managed to get hold of a   
    MF>> legitimate copy of a Win7(32-Bit)ISO and installed it in a VM.   
      
    AA> I thought Wine would be a handy "utility" that most linux users would   
    AA> like to have.   
      
   Maybe/maybe not and from my brief experiences with "Wine", I wouldn't     
   touch it with the proverbial barge pole.   
      
    AA> Good to know that Win/16bit progs can still eke out a modest lifespan on   
    AA> WinXX/64bit OS if necessary.   
      
   Yep.   
      
    AA> Meanwhile..  I loaded SEM into my Win7/32 pc.   Win7 automatically   
    AA> implements NTVDM without adjustments. SEM installed quiet smoothly. Looks   
    AA> good.   
      
   Yeah, looks good here too.   
      
    AA> Now, all I need to do is to bolt on a tosser to operate SEM as a true   
    AA> point.   
      
   I can recommend CrashMail but you already know about that and don't     
   forget you'll need binkD as well.   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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