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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              --- OpenXP 5.0.38        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 154/10 203/0 221/0 226/17 229/354 426 1014 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 292/854 310/31 317/3 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200 393/68 396/45 423/120 712/848 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 310/31 280/464 229/426           |
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