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|    Maurice Kinal to August Abolins    |
|    which is why I built my own..    |
|    26 Dec 25 21:50:09    |
      REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 27cc723a       MSGID: 1:153/7001 694f0311       CHRS: UTF-8 4       Hey August!              > You are still connecting with a host system with binkp, and fetching       > .PKT files, right?              Uncompressed .PKT files in order to avoid zip and other such corruption. At       present, and past for that matter, this fidonet node has been using binkd for       transfers to host nodes out there it requires connecting with.              > And then you are doing something with those .PKT files and storing       > them in JAM format or something other?              You have the basic idea. However the format is not PKT as all of that is       stripped out considering it is utter crap. Same with the first 14 bytes of       packed msg's which are also given ye olde heave-ho. Basically it is a stored       msg format without any binary data to get in the way of progress. It is 100%,       unadultered printable text with a few ascii control codes to facillitate all       sorts of compatibilty you can ever dream up, including QWK if that is actually       a desirable option, which of course it isn't.              Дуже груви,        Maurice               o- -o o- o- o- o- o- -o -o -o o- o-       /) (\ /) /) /) /) /) (\ (\ (\ /) /)       ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^       ... Soþ hit sylf acyþeð.        Truth will make itself known.       --- GNU bash, version 5.3.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)        * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)       SEEN-BY: 103/705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 129/14 134/100 153/135       SEEN-BY: 153/143 148 151 153 757 7001 7715 154/10 30 110 203/0 218/700       SEEN-BY: 221/0 6 226/30 227/114 229/110 112 134 206 300 317 400 426       SEEN-BY: 229/428 470 664 700 705 240/1120 5832 263/1 266/512 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 291/111 292/8125 301/1 310/31 320/219 322/757 341/66       SEEN-BY: 341/234 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/267 280 384 410 414 418       SEEN-BY: 633/420 422 509 2744 712/848 770/1 902/26 3634/12 5020/400       SEEN-BY: 5075/35       PATH: 153/7001 757 280/464 633/280 229/426           |
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