Subj : Android QWK readers.
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Mon Oct 19 2020 08:36 pm

Hello, Sean Dennis.
On 10/19/20 11:28 AM you wrote:

SD> Hello Alan, Saturday October 17 2020 18:46, you wrote to Matt
SD> Munson:
AI>> I've never tried to build anything for an android so I don't know
AI>> how much of a leap that is.
SD> Android apps are written in Java which means Syncterm and
SD> Multimail would have to be rewritten in Java.

Most apps are written in java. It is possible to do so in other programing languages, it's just a bit more complicated, from what I am learning.

SD> There is already an excellent term program called fTelnet, which
SD> is available in the Google Play store, that works well for
SD> telneting to a BBS.

I've tried it. When it works, I like it. But it's been hit and miss with me, even connecting to the same BBS.

And I haven't figured out how to start the YModem-G it's supposed to have to download a QWK packet.

SD> As for Multimail, that might take a considerable amount of work
SD> since it depends on other programs (such as zip and unzip and an
SD> external editor) to be ported.  It would be better if someone
SD> wrote an Android-specific mail reader.

That's true. Although, if you start with the code of an open-source reader, I would think that it would be at least somewhat easier.


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