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   Message 248 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to Torsten Bamberg   
   Fido Package Deluxe   
   06 Feb 18 12:00:00   
   
   Hello Torsten!   
      
   On 05.02.18 at 21:55:07, Torsten Bamberg wrote to Martin Foster:   
    TB> 05.02.2018 14:15, Martin Foster schrieb an All:   
      
    MF>> As it's such a very long time since I last looked at Fido Package   
    MF>> Deluxe, I thought I'd give it a spin on my Win10(x64) box. I was   
    MF>> expecting a few problems but no, it works extremely well "out of the   
    MF>> box". One problem I've noticed so far is that the included version of   
    MF>> "IPRoute" is for DOS and, naturally, it won't run. Anyone know where I   
    MF>> can get a Win32 version from?   
    TB> IPRoute was written by Volker Imre. From IPRoute there are no sourcecodes   
    TB> available. Also Volker has left fidonet about 10 years ago. There is an   
    TB> alternative, called tiroute. If something won't work with tiroute and   
    TB> fido deluxe, send me a detailed bugreport, and I will fix/change it.   
      
   OK, thanks for that.   
      
   However, the included version of BinkD is *very* old(0.9.7), so I've replaced   
   it in my own setup with a newer version(1.1a-49). As I'm a bit "rusty" with   
   BinkD, I'm not sure if I actually need any of these utilities at all.   
      
   [..]   
    MF>> As the author's website seems to have disappeared, I've made Fido   
    MF>> Package Deluxe(along with the source) available from here:   
    MF>> http://fidonet.openxp.uk/fpd   
    TB> Have yo compiled a win10 version with the sources?   
      
   Having had a look at the .dof files, it looks as though the original was   
   compiled with Delphi. As I'm not a programmer, I wouldn't know where to start   
   with setting up a more modern build environment(Lazarus perhaps?). So, the   
   answer to your question is "no".   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
   --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)   
    * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:250/1.1)   

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