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Message   Martin Foster    August Abolins   winpoint -> sempoint   April 11, 2019
 1:11 PM *  

Hello August!

On 10.04.19 at 23:47, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA>>>> One place where it is available: http://archives.thebbs.org/

 AA> Darn.. The program is listed on the page, but the download link fails
 AA> now. I'd swear it was good just a couple weeks ago.

 AA> Where did you get your copy?

http://archives.thebbs.org/ra110a.htm

..... but the download was ohh-sooo-slooooooooooooooow.

[snip]
 AA> Meanwhile, I created a little 2min video on what it looks like:

 AA>         http://kolico.ca/fidonet/files/sempoint-previ...

Grabbed a copy :)

 AA> I go over the menu and reveal some options and settings.  You will see a
 AA> lot of familiar BBS terms and features that this point program can
 AA> implement.

To implement familiar BBS terms and features in OpenXP, would probably  
mean a complete re-write owing to the original design of CrossPoint.

 AA> (It is my very first screen recording, ever, on my XP laptop, and with an
 AA> unfamiliar program, so forgive me if it isn't elegant. The recording has
 AA> a minor video artifact, but it does not obscure anything important.)

When your video first started, I thought I was looking at APoint  
(remember that?) but then I realised I wasn't when I saw the icons  
across the top :)

Nice job though and it certainly gives a feel for the programme.

 AA> It would be very cool to operate Sempoint once again.

As it would APoint but I binned my copy many years ago :(

 AA> I used it during my full fidonode days on an OS/2 system with the
 AA> Win-OS/2 support mode.

Ahhhhhhh, yes, good old OS/2. It was my OS of choice "back in the  
day". Pity that ArcaOS isn't ready for prime time yet.

Regards,
Martin

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