Hallo Maurice!

I was using termux for Android to provide the bash enviroment
for Android. I am unsure if a similar strategy could be
deployed on iOS.

According to a quick search the answer is probably yes. There is a version of termux that runs on iOS at their online store but I am not going to confirm that it works since I don't have anything to install it on. Also everyone and their dog within reach of the wireless access points in this neck of the woods all use Android based devices, mostly smartphones. If I am not mistaken there is at least one Xbox successfully connecting but I seriously doubt it is interested in doing fidonet over the wireless networks.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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Hello, Maurice Kinal.
On 10/31/20 11:08 PM you wrote:

Hallo Maurice!

I was using termux for Android to provide the bash enviroment for
Android. I am unsure if a similar strategy could be deployed on
iOS.

According to a quick search the answer is probably yes. There is
a version of termux that runs on iOS at their online store but I
am not going to confirm that it works since I don't have anything
to install it on. Also everyone and their dog within reach of the wireless access points in this neck of the woods all use Android
based devices, mostly smartphones. If I am not mistaken there is
at least one Xbox successfully connecting but I seriously doubt it
is interested in doing fidonet over the wireless networks.

I'd agree that it's likely possible with iOS as well.

I can't speak for your neighbors of course, but I'm the type of lunatic that would attempt connecting to Fidonet with a game console, if only to see it be done.

But I'm also the guy that would run a BBS on a Tablet or phone if I could.

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Hello, Maurice Kinal.
On 11/1/20 1:45 PM you wrote:

Hey Charles!

That's something that I would like to see in the Android options.
More modular, to use a different text editor or a tagline manager
or things like that.

Check out MultiMail. It also can handle both QWK and Bluewave
formats. The only thing it lacks is the MSG format which would
have made it perfect but it can be configured for different
editors. From sysop's point of view it will require additional
software to handle the conversions in order to make it usable on a fidonet node.

I actually have been looking at MultiMail. It's source code is readily available. I was looking more in a standard matter uploading and downloading packets over Telnet. They only problem with that is that I've only found one Terminal program in Android so far that handles XYZ modem type file transfers, fTelnet, which I haven't yet been able to get to work properly on my phone. But it is one of several mental projects.

I think the basic functionality relatively speaking would be easy enough to port to Android. The main issue I think will be the user interface.

Right now I've been finding whatever source codes I can to study
and try to figure out what is what.

That is always a good strategy. If you find anything interesting
please speak up.

So far, I'm looking at MultiMail, and a point software called JEDpoint. I have no familiarity with JEDpoint itself, but it's source is Java, which many Android apps are written in.

I think my main problem is I'm jumping around with ideas, and really, I need to focus on one at a time.

I always liked the offline mail format.

Which one? Personally I'd pick the MSG format and save everyone a
ton of grief.

ahh, I misspoke. Not so much the format itself. More the functionality. Between QWK and BW as a user, I didn't really have a preference.

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Hey Charles!

I haven't tried it on android but I am guessing clang would
be best for porting it.

I'll have to look into that.

Actually clang++. I forgot that the MultiMail source is c++ rather than straight c. I still haven't tried it due to the lack of a suitable platform.

In this particular case, transferring QWK or BlueWave packets.
Using a Telnet connection with a BBS, like has been done for
decades.

Nothing like that around this neck of the woods and hasn't been since the mid to late 1990's. I know since I was the last standing fidonet node back then. Since then I have been doing what I am doing and none of it involves telnet with xyz modem. That never made sense to me at the time.

Life is good,
Maurice

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Hey Charles!

I know of several people that use Telnet and QWK readers. It
might not be fancy, but it works for people.

Excellent. Too bad it isn't working on your phone then. ;-)

Life is good,
Maurice

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