-=> Wes Garland wrote to Michele Marie Dalene <=-
 WG> Maximus and Squish will continue to support *.MSG areas (in fact, I have 
 WG> more 
 WG> confidence in them than Squish bases right now ;).
	Thats cool. only is there a *.msg renumbering tool such as
170renum.exe? If I had to switch to *.msg bases I would really need
such a tool. I don't rember if squish had such an option for *.msg
format. 
 WG> I am currently working on a dialup modem communications driver; it will 
 WG> probably be ready in the next week or two -- no guarantees. Perhaps you 
 WG> would 
 WG> like to be my test monkey? :)
	I would love to. I am all set for that now. I just have to
remove my Synchronet 3.10k "Hack" that uses agetty via runbbs.bat (I
run binkleyterm xe as the frontend). I also need to find a way to
promote my dialup service. Let me know when and where I can download
the patches or the new released "stable?" I got the maximus-unix
max-unix-3.03b.tar.gz , not the CVS release. 
 WG> The biggest piece of Maximus which is not working correctly under Linux 
 WG> at this 
 WG> point in time is MEX. IIRC, this was not offered at all in Maximus 2, 
 WG> and 
 WG> certainly not under Opus -- so you shouldn't notice any functionality 
 WG> missing.
	If thats similar to the the Synchronet Baja or their new
Javascript languages, you are right. I don't use them either.
 WG> If you're used to Opus, you should find yourself right at home under 
 WG> Maximus. I 
 WG> never used 1.73, but I did co-sysop a 1.03b board back in the day...
	When I got done compiling and firing the code at
maximus.sourceforge.net it was like a nice welcome to me. looked at
the *.ctl files and I remembered the fun I had with them under Opus.
Now if I rmember I used to compile them with nacl.exe under Msdos. I
believe maximus calls it something like silt.
We also had a decompiler called cayenne.exe to decompile a bbs.prm
file. Is there something similar in Maximus? 
 WG> I am certainly looking forward to getting back into fido
 WG> after missing out for a decade.
	If only the Spammers didn't have to ruin it for the rest of
us. But if you do get the dialup working well in the Unix/Linux port
then as I said, I will be online via POTS (Plain Old Telephone
Service). I already have the second line which Binkleyterm manages.
				Michele Marie Dalene

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