• GoldEd

    From Marceline Jones to ALL on Thursday, February 25, 2021 18:09:00
    Can GoldEd read and write Wildcat message areas ?

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/18 to Marceline Jones on Thursday, February 25, 2021 17:14:34
    Can GoldEd read and write Wildcat message areas ?

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    Only if it is the DOS version. WINServer? No. Different message base format.

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  • From Ib Joe@1:342/200 to Marceline Jones on Thursday, February 25, 2021 20:20:04
    Can GoldEd read and write Wildcat message areas ?

    I have a question..... DOS or windows version??


    I found a copy and it says it does..
    :Start
    ! The 16-bit DOS version was too large to compile, so to be able to
    continue to release it at all, I had to remove some of the least
    used msgbase formats. This means that the 16-bit DOS version no
    longer has support for Ezycom, PCBoard, WildCat! and Goldbase. If
    you need these msgbase formats, please use the 32-bit DOS version or
    another platform.
    :stop

    I looked at the doc of the 16Bit DOS version and it states that you need
    to use the 32Bit DOS verson... anything other than the 16Bit version.

    I'm assuming there is a difference between WC4 & WC5 though. DOCS did
    expand..

    Joe

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/18 to Ib Joe on Friday, February 26, 2021 16:14:42

    I'm assuming there is a difference between WC4 & WC5 though. DOCS did expand..

    Yes, there is. Not only different ways of accessing the message
    databases, but different database formats completely.
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  • From Marceline Jones to IB JOE on Sunday, February 28, 2021 16:54:00
    I have a question..... DOS or windows version??

    DOS version.

    I found a copy and it says it does..
    :Start
    ! The 16-bit DOS version was too large to compile, so to be able to continue to release it at all, I had to remove some of the least
    used msgbase formats. This means that the 16-bit DOS version no
    longer has support for Ezycom, PCBoard, WildCat! and Goldbase. If
    you need these msgbase formats, please use the 32-bit DOS version or another platform.
    :stop

    I looked at the doc of the 16Bit DOS version and it states that you
    need to use the 32Bit DOS verson... anything other than the 16Bit
    version.

    Well, the "FILE_ID.DIZ" for the 16-bit version that I got says it does do Wildcat 4:

    =======================================
    GoldED 3.00.Beta3 "Happy Duck II" Mail
    Editor for FidoNet, DOS 16-bit version
    with Full Documentation, Advanced Set
    Configurations and WildCat! 4.x support
    =======================================

    I'm assuming there is a difference between WC4 & WC5 though. DOCS did expand..

    Sounds like it.

    WC5 probably changed its message base format to support Microsoft Exchange.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Robert Wolfe on Sunday, February 28, 2021 11:28:38
    On 26 Feb 2021, Robert Wolfe said the following...

    I'm assuming there is a difference between WC4 & WC5 though. DOCS did expand..

    Yes, there is. Not only different ways of accessing the message databases, but different database formats completely.

    Thanx Robert...
    '

    IB Joe
    AKA Joe Schweier
    SysOp of Joe's BBS
    -=JoesBBS.com=-

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Marceline Jones on Sunday, February 28, 2021 11:50:24
    On 28 Feb 2021, Marceline Jones said the following...

    I have a question..... DOS or windows version??
    I'm assuming there is a difference between WC4 & WC5 though. DOCS di expand..

    Sounds like it.

    WC5 probably changed its message base format to support Microsoft Exchange.


    Could be... Sounds like Robert might know the answer to this...

    IB Joe
    AKA Joe Schweier
    SysOp of Joe's BBS
    -=JoesBBS.com=-

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:116/18 to Ib Joe on Sunday, February 28, 2021 15:08:10
    On 28 Feb 2021, Marceline Jones said the following...

    I have a question..... DOS or windows version??
    I'm assuming there is a difference between WC4 & WC5 though. DOCS
    expand..

    Sounds like it.

    WC5 probably changed its message base format to support Microsoft Exchange.


    Could be... Sounds like Robert might know the answer to this...

    This is incorrect. MSI DID make an addon to support Microsoft Exchange
    called wcExchange, but that is where any relationship between the two
    ends. WINServer! databases are proprietary format databases and not
    used by anyone else. Any utilities that access these databases use a client/server call to wcServer which handles the dirty work behind the
    scenes. At least that is my recollection.

    ... Nothing funny to post as a Tagline, this trip.
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  • From Ib Joe@1:342/200 to Robert Wolfe on Sunday, February 28, 2021 14:34:18
    On 28 Feb 2021, Marceline Jones said the following...

    This is incorrect. MSI DID make an addon to support Microsoft Exchange called wcExchange, but that is where any relationship between the two
    ends. WINServer! databases are proprietary format databases and not
    used by anyone else. Any utilities that access these databases use a client/server call to wcServer which handles the dirty work behind the scenes. At least that is my recollection.

    Might want to tell Marceline this...

    I've learned more than I wanted to know about the BBS. I was always
    happy thinking things were magic and it was because of that it just
    worked.
    :)
    Joe
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