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to: ALAN IANSON
from: SEAN DENNIS
date: 2020-10-19 11:28:00
subject: Android QWK readers.

Hello Alan,

Saturday October 17 2020 18:46, you wrote to Matt Munson:

 AI> I've never tried to build anything for an android so I don't know how
 AI> much of a leap that is.

Android apps are written in Java which means Syncterm and Multimail would have
to be rewritten in Java.

There is already an excellent term program called fTelnet, which is available
in the Google Play store, that works well for telneting to a BBS.

As for Multimail, that might take a considerable amount of work since it
depends on other programs (such as zip and unzip and an external editor) to be
ported.  It would be better if someone wrote an Android-specific mail reader.

Now I do know that in newer Chromebooks, a Linux VM is included so you can run
native Linux programs.  This is like the WSL in Windows 10.

Later,
Sean

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