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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