FM> I haven't looked at PKT and only a little at QWK. I thought QWK
 FM> was reasonably straightforward, if a little bizarre in its
 FM> implementation of some things like dates and numbers as you
 FM> have seen. And, of course limiting in that it doesn't allow the
 FM> full length for eg From:/To:/Subject:. I never had to contend
 FM> with ^A kludges, never saw them. (Maybe they don't appear in
 FM> QWKs.)

  I meant translating one to the other. Bizarre is a good word for it.
I've actually got it working!

 FM> Hey Paul, I assume PKT is the way things move around in the
 FM> "real" world, inter-BBS? What was that Fido spec I should have
 FM> grabbed?

  FTS-0001.zip

 FM> If I'm going to do something, I might as well handle the lot.
 FM> At least allow for everything in "the lot", for future
 FM> expansion.

 I think the TinyPoint approach is the way to go: an OL*EDITOR* (not
reader), and qwk/pkt converters/joiners. You need separate zippers and
unzippers, so you may as well have separate qwk2pkt and pkt2qwk too.
Both formats are bizarre, so who cares which one you use for the
reader/editor? QWK is more popular, so you may as well use it, and
convert its output to pkt for point use.

Regards,
Bob
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