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    From Charles Pierson@2:240/1120.976 to All on Saturday, October 17, 2020 11:27:55
    Hello, All.

    OK, I'm experimenting again. I logged onto a BBS on their Web access and downloaded a QWK packet. Android doesn't have a QWK reader that I am aware of. So I open my DOSBox and install MM V0.32. However, trying to open that packet, I get an error saying it's not recognized.

    Any Ideas?

    I also got a similar error trying SLMR.

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  • From Rob Swindell to Charles Pierson on Saturday, October 17, 2020 13:13:46
    Re: QWK packets
    By: Charles Pierson to All on Sat Oct 17 2020 11:27 am

    Hello, All.

    OK, I'm experimenting again. I logged onto a BBS on their Web access and downloaded a QWK packet. Android doesn't have a QWK reader that I am aware of. So I open my DOSBox and install MM V0.32. However, trying to open that packet, I get an error saying it's not recognized.

    Any Ideas?

    I also got a similar error trying SLMR.

    Do you have pkunzip installed in the DOSBox? If so, try viewing/verifying the zip-integrity of the QWK packet. Also, be sure that MM or SLMR can run pkunzip.exe to extract the contents of the packet.

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