Hello Russell,

 AI>> Wow, vince did a good job with BinkleyTerm.. :) I always used a
 AI>> V7 nodelist with BT but before V7 was popular the older format
 AI>> was used (called V6 maybe, I can't remember now). BT also can use
 AI>> that format if tools are available to compile it. Never used it
 AI>> myself though so I don't know if it would work or not.

 RT> Always used a V7 list here ...

I used Portal of Power around '95 and it compiled the nodelist using that 
older format. I'm not sure what other software might do so as well since I 
never had a need for it.

It's been so long since I needed an external program to compile a nodelist I 
can't even remember what software I used.

 AI>> I'm looking forward to it, just so there are alternatives for
 AI>> fidonet. We'll have to see how it goes. The idea I think is to
 AI>> make it work just as it does now.

 RT> Doing it in JAVA, is going to be a mission, ... ,

Could be. There isn't a single java app that I use myself. I could be all 
wrong on this too.. I just saw mention of it in the dbridge echo, I'm not sure 
of Nick's plans. He told me (in the echo) that he plans to fully support linux 
and that's all I know for sure.

 RT> if you ask me, think
 RT> python or Ruby would have been better choices, python being the
 RT> language of choice for cross-platform ability ...

I always thought java was the choice for cross-platform software. I don't know 
much about it though since I never use it. It's installed here just in case I 
do need it and for the benefit of OpenOffice.org.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

... If it's not on fire, it's a software problem.
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