Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 01:21:19 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> To: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: QWK reader Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951214011735.4036C-100000@ncc-1701-d> In-Reply-To: <199512091628.KAA13977@complete.org>
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On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, John Goerzen wrote: > I am looking for a QWK reader that works under FreeBSD. So far, I have > found ATP on the Linux archive under SunSite. I compiled it but cannot get > it to function properly when run. > > I heard of a reader called QWIX for Unix but archie and VSL both yielded > nothing. Actually, I compiled ATP-1.42 for FreeBSD fairly easily -- it only took a few changes. And it works fine for me. The only problem is that FreeBSD's version of ZIP is a bit weird, and you need to supply special options in your atprc to get it to work. Here's what I have: archiver = zip -jk unarchiver = unzip -xjoL I have made a BSD "port" out of it, it can be found on the FreeBSD ftp site "incoming" directory. An announcement was posted recently to the mailing lists, I will forward you a copy. > From: Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> > To: FreeBSD Announce <freebsd-announce@freebsd.org> > cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> > Subject: ANNOUNCE: Port of ATP 1.42 QWK Reader for FreeBSD I have completed a port of the 'ATP' QWK message packet reader for FreeBSD. It can be used to read QWK-format message packets, commonly downloadable from DOS-based Public Bulletin Boards (BBS's). This version supports ANSI colour and graphics sequences in messages, when using the syscons driver (dunno about PCVT, since I don't use PCVT -- it might work), provided that you use the optiions "charset = msdos", "ansi = on", "color = on", and "graphics = off" (YES, I meant "off" -- that's because the syscons driver handles it automatically) in your atprc file. The port directory for it can be found at: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/atp-new.tar.gz ***NOTE*** There is a file called "atp.tar.gz" in the above directory. This was uploaded by me as well, but IT WAS A MISTAKE -- IGNORE THIS FILE. The FTP admin should probably delete it. The ATP source tarball can be obtained at: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/BBS/mail/atp142src.tar.gz Enjoy, and please advise me of any problems or bugs or things that aren't quite working right with this port (if any). Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072 PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or on Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **
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