Subj : Re: OpenXP
To   : Oli
From : acn
Date : Tue Sep 14 2021 11:26 am

Am 11.09.21 schrieb Oli@21:3/102 in FSX_NET:

Hallo Oli,

O> Is downloaded OpenXP and tried to compile it on my Raspi, which
O> didn't work out of the box. Is there anything that would make a
O> port hard to achieve? It's FreePascal, little endian, 32 bit. There
O> was some assembler, but I don't know how much of it is non-optional
O> and needs to be ported to Pascal.

As I've seen in the other messages, you managed to compile it on ARM.
Very nice!
I hope that you can help a little in making OpenXP future-proof :)

a>> I guess something like this might be true for other parts of FTN
a>> software...

O> .... and most of the other other old software is abandoned and
O> doesn't compile on modern systems or is closed source and there is
O> no hope of any update. I guess unmaintained FTN software will
O> become irrelevant at some point.

I guess that will be the case when the sysops which run these programs  
on their old hardware or on VMs also ...well... 'become irrelevant'.
As long as these old systems are still up and running, eg. on DOS or  
OS/2, there should be a compatibility layer or sth. ilke that to  
support them.

O> It's amazing that CrossPoint / OpenXP has been ported to Linux and
O> has still a development team. Anyone running Z-Netz or Maustausch
O> software?

I don't know if these networks are still online...
I used to connect to a MAUS in Stuttgart, Germany, but that was back  
in ~2005 - and I've used a MAUS point software on a Macintosh SE/30 :)

O> Does OpenXP binkp mailer work in server mode too or is it client only?

AFAIK it's client-only but together with an external mailer you can  
use the 'sysop mode'.

Regards,
Anna

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 * Origin: Imzadi Box Point (21:3/127.1)

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