On 04 Jul 2020, Henri Derksen said the following...

Hello All,

Does somebody know where I can get a conversion tool to convert *.msg files on a MS-Dos system with Frontdoor to *.pkt files, and back?

I do need that for transport of netmail from points 2:280/1208.* to other systems by BinkP with !ROSBink on an other system and and vice versa receiving netmail too.
I.e. when netmail arrives here, it is converted from *.pkt to *.msg,
then rerouted from point 2:280/1208.0 (Zero) to Point 2:280/1208.1
and than stays here forever, as the RS232 serial port is defective ;-(.
So Point 1 can not poll by analogue modem to this node.

With the asked tool I can convert *.msg mail back to *.pkt to transport
it by floppy diskette to my Point 1 system 10 mm to the right of this Node. And for outgoing netmail to the binkp system for transport in FidoNet.

If no such tool exist, which I can hardly beleive, then both the *.msg layout and the *.pkt layout are necessarry to build such a tool myself. But my programming capabilities are very less to achieve that task.
So my hope is to receive or DownLoad a good conversion tool.

If someone wants to know, I can support a list of software running and available at UniCorn BBS.
A little chance could be that such software has conversion capabilities too for this task, I am not aware off.

Thanks to everyone in advance.

Greetings from Henri, Sysop UniCorn BBS

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I am stuck on the fact you still have a floppy disk.....

These kinds of utilities already exist.... I do not know what you are using
to toss your mail.... BUT for example fastecho has a pack command that will convert msg to pkt and send it out. FrontDoor has utilities that will send those files to a specific directory as well.... so that you may later collect them.

There is a mail tosser called fmail that will toss your netmail in pkt form
to a specific directoy as well .... not sure if it comes in a DOS flavor. Fmail is actively worked on, author is in fidonet and reads the fmail echo.

Not sure if I helped you...

Still thinking about the floppy drive...

:)

IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
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I am stuck on the fact you still have a floppy disk.....

I keep one handy for the occasion when someone will tell me "I've got these disks and can't read them anymore".

So far no-one in my neighborhood made the remark, but I know someone will 5 minutes after I throw the drive out.

Still thinking about the floppy drive...

How 'bout an accoustic coupler ... :-)

\%/@rd

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I am stuck on the fact you still have a floppy disk.....

I keep one handy for the occasion when someone will tell
me "I've got these disks and can't read them anymore".

So far no-one in my neighborhood made the remark, but I
know someone will 5 minutes after I throw the drive out.

Still thinking about the floppy drive...

How 'bout an accoustic coupler ... :-)

\%/@rd

As I sit at my desk playing with a ANSI BBS in a dead, well revived OS, I look down my nose at these kinds of things

:(
Joe

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Hello Ward!

09 Jul 2020 09:40, Ward Dossche wrote to ib joe:

Still thinking about the floppy drive...

How 'bout an accoustic coupler ... :-)

or a z80-mbc with a microsd running cpm 3.0, there is servial examples on howto on facebook :)

with a real pc ?


Regards Benny

... too late to die young :)

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