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   Martin Foster to THIARAMUS   
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   23 Jun 18 09:27:00   
   
   Hello Thiaramus!   
      
   On 22.06.18 at 09:33, Thiaramus wrote to MARTIN FOSTER:   
      
   [..]   
    >> Point packages which spring to mind are .....   
    >>   
    >> OpenXP   
    >> - Complete console mode Point system for Windows and Linux   
    >> - FTS-6, EMSI, binkP   
    >> - English, German   
    >> - Includes built-in email and news clients   
    >> - POP3, SMTP, NNTP, SSL/TLS   
    >> - Available from https://openxp.uk   
    >>   
    >> WinPoint   
    >> - Complete GUI Point system for Windows   
    >> - binkP, Telnet, ifcico   
    >> - English, German, Spanish   
    >> - Available from http://stargate.org.uk/winpoint   
    >>   
    >> Fido Package Deluxe   
    >> - Complete Point system for Windows   
    >> - binkP(maybe supports other protocols but not sure)   
    >> - English, German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch   
    >> - Includes GoldED, hpt, binkD, FastLst(all automatically configured   
    >>   during installation)   
    >> - Available from http://stargate.org.uk/fpd   
      
    T> Thank you for listing this point packages!   
      
   You're welcome :-)   
      
    T> It sure will make a great fall-back plan B for me, if my original   
    T> plan of bringing good-old OS/2 Warp 4.5.2 back to life will fail.   
      
   Yeah, OS/2 was my OS of choice way back in the 1990's but     
   unfortunately I had to move on to something else.   
      
   Have you considered ArcaOS(http://arcanoae.com)   
      
    T> So far I gathered almost all necessary components like binkD for OS/2,   
    T> FastEcho/2 and FleetStreet for OS/2 (yay! that was the best editor back   
    T> in the day). I remember that many years ago it wasn't too hard for me to   
    T> configure all that config files by myself, FE even had a some sort of GUI   
    T> setup tool. The only thing is that I never used binkD before, as I was   
    T> using T-Mail and sometimes Argus with dialup modem, but I am sure I will   
    T> figure it out, may be with some help from the community.   
      
   There are a number of OS/2 users in here and I'm sure they will be     
   happy to help.   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
   --- OpenXP 5.0.34   
    * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:250/1.1)   

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