Subj : Re: Android QWK readers.
To : Charles Pierson
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Fri Oct 23 2020 01:32 pm
CP> Most apps are written in java. It is possible to do so in
CP> other programing languages, it's just a bit more
CP> complicated, from what I am learning.
Yes and no. FreePascal has a Java compiler so you can write your program in
Pascal but compiles into Java. I don't know how well it works but might be
something.
CP> And I haven't figured out how to start the YModem-G it's
CP> supposed to have to download a QWK packet.
You tap on fTelnet's "MENU" button and select "Download", IIRC.
I knew Chuck Forsberg way back when (I lived about 20 miles north of him).
He told me on several occasions that Zmodem was not designed to be used over
telnet and to use YModem/YModem-G instead.
CP> That's true. Although, if you start with the code of an
CP> open-source reader, I would think that it would be at least
CP> somewhat easier.
Yes, it would be. I have little interest in such a project as I don't use
my phone for much else besides talking and texting. Maybe someone else will
pick up the mantle from here.
