• QWK to REP conversion

    From jahmas@1:229/444 to All on Wed Apr 7 19:43:19 2004
    This might not be the correct echo for this but I am looking for a program or utility that will convert QWK to REP packets and vice versa. I have an older program called QWK2REP but it's coded in TP probably and it doesn't want to
    be patched. Any ideas, let me know please.

    Jim Haight

    majicka.darktech.org

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  • From Bo Simonsen@2:236/100 to jahmas on Thu Apr 8 17:54:04 2004
    jahmas wrote to All about ''QWK to REP conversion'':


    This might not be the correct echo for this but I am looking for a
    program or utility that will convert QWK to REP packets and vice
    versa. I have an older program called QWK2REP but it's coded in TP
    probably and it doesn't want to be patched. Any ideas, let me know
    please.

    Just to be courius, for what purpose?

    Bo

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  • From jahmas@1:229/444 to Bo Simonsen on Thu Apr 8 18:37:10 2004
    Re: QWK to REP conversion

    Just to be courius, for what purpose?
    Bo

    I used to use the utility to convert packets so I could pull DoveNet into my Virtual Advanced BBS. Worked great too :)

    Jim Haight

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  • From BEN RITCHEY@1:393/68 to JAHMAS on Thu Apr 8 08:08:41 2004
    * An ongoing debate between Jahmas and All rages on ...

    J: > This might not be the correct echo for this but I am looking for a
    J: > program or utility that will convert QWK to REP packets and vice
    J: > versa. I have an older program called QWK2REP but it's coded in TP
    J: > probably and it doesn't want to be patched. Any ideas, let me know
    J: > please. Jim Haight majicka.darktech.org

    I have the following:

    MMQWKN34.ZIP 73,211 12-10-98 10:51:46
    Converts QWK to REP for networking BBS systems

    MNET210.ZIP 45,681 12-10-98 10:51:46
    MNET v2.10 QWK->REP network conversion util

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  • From Bo Simonsen@2:236/100 to jahmas on Fri Apr 9 19:58:18 2004
    jahmas wrote to Bo Simonsen about ''QWK to REP conversion'':

    Just to be courius, for what purpose?

    I used to use the utility to convert packets so I could pull DoveNet
    into my Virtual Advanced BBS. Worked great too :)

    Ahh I see, it would be very deficult to do with maximus for me. Maximus has no commandline QWK tosser.

    Bo

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:11/200 to jahmas on Wed Apr 7 20:34:51 2004
    Hello, jahmas.

    On 07 Apr 04 at 18:43, jahmas wrote to All:

    This might not be the correct echo for this but I am looking for a
    program or utility that will convert QWK to REP packets and vice
    versa. I have an older program called QWK2REP but it's coded in TP
    probably and it doesn't want to be patched. Any ideas, let me know
    please.

    This is the right echo. <G>

    Have you run UNP against the program first then tried to patch it? A lot of Pascal EXEs were compressed... I've had to do that a lot with older doors and stuff on my system.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:11/200 to Bo Simonsen on Fri Apr 9 20:31:35 2004
    Hello, Bo.

    On 09 Apr 04 at 18:58, Bo Simonsen wrote to jahmas:

    Ahh I see, it would be very deficult to do with maximus for me.
    Maximus has no commandline QWK tosser.

    But there's external programs that can do it.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From jahmas@1:229/444 to Sean Dennis on Sat Apr 10 13:03:12 2004
    Re: QWK to REP conversion

    This is the right echo. <G>
    Have you run UNP against the program first then tried to patch it? A lot of Pascal EXEs were compressed... I've had to do that a lot with older doors and stuff on my system.
    Later,
    Sean

    I did but it didn't work. It worked on Win98 but not on XP (strange). I have another copy which I'll try on that.

    Jah

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:11/200 to jahmas on Sat Apr 10 17:04:05 2004
    Hello, jahmas.

    On 10 Apr 04 at 12:03, jahmas wrote to Sean Dennis:

    I did but it didn't work. It worked on Win98 but not on XP (strange).
    I have another copy which I'll try on that.

    What you might want to do is create a shadow (sorry, OS/2 speak)...er, a shortcut to COMMAND.COM and tell XP that it's Win95 compatible... maybe that will work. I honestly haven't worked much with XP in that regard, so I'm not completely sure.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Douglas Connor@1:132/501 to Sean Dennis on Sat Apr 10 21:19:25 2004
    Re: QWK to REP conversion

    I did but it didn't work. It worked on Win98 but not on XP (strange).
    I have another copy which I'll try on that.
    What you might want to do is create a shadow (sorry, OS/2 speak)...er, a shortcut to COMMAND.COM and tell XP that it's Win95 compatible... maybe that will work. I honestly haven't worked much with XP in that regard, so I'm not completely sure.

    Hm A right click on the exe in explorer will let you pick properties
    (edit the "pif" file) where there is a compatability section.
    Maybe telling XP to treat it as a win95 or win98 program there will
    help?
    Doug Connor

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  • From jahmas@1:229/444 to Sean Dennis on Sat Apr 10 22:47:40 2004
    Re: QWK to REP conversion

    What you might want to do is create a shadow (sorry, OS/2 speak)...er, a shortcut to COMMAND.COM and tell XP that it's Win95 compatible... maybe that will work. I honestly haven't worked much with XP in that regard, so I'm not completely sure.
    Later,
    Sean

    Actually Sean, that's how I run my bbs :)

    Jah

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:11/200 to Douglas Connor on Sat Apr 10 22:56:44 2004
    Hello, Douglas.

    On 10 Apr 04 at 20:19, Douglas Connor wrote to Sean Dennis:

    Hm A right click on the exe in explorer will let you pick properties
    (edit the "pif" file) where there is a compatability section.
    Maybe telling XP to treat it as a win95 or win98 program there will
    help?

    That's what I'm thinking. I've heard that doing so (letting XP emulate ealier versions of Windows) helps with DOS problems.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:11/200 to jahmas on Sat Apr 10 23:08:42 2004
    Hello, jahmas.

    On 10 Apr 04 at 21:47, jahmas wrote to Sean Dennis:

    Actually Sean, that's how I run my bbs :)

    Welllllllllll......

    I tried. :P

    Later,
    Sean

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