[drats_users] Is there a version for Windows 7 64 bit machine?

Wayne Burgess
Thu Nov 25 11:19:00 PST 2010


Thanks for all ur help

Is there a version coming for iPhone ?

Wayne 

Sent from my iPhone. 

W4YNE Ellijay,ga

On Nov 25, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Arthur Putnam <n7mnk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ok very good Dan thanks I will look for a 32 bit machine then to install this on for ARES operation. Thanks for your prompt reply.
> 
>  
> 73
> Arthur Putnam - N7MNK
> 
> 
> From: Dan Smith <dsmith at danplanet.com>
> To: Discussion of D-RATS <drats_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Sent: Thu, November 25, 2010 10:56:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [drats_users] Is there a version for Windows 7 64 bit machine?
> 
> > Thanks I did that also but the WL2K send and recieve comes up with a
> > error msg stating something about asking for a 64 bit version.. Any
> > thoughts on the WL2K send and recieve portion of the program and how to
> > make it work with win 7/
> 
> Winlink uses an ancient compression mechanism from the early 1980s.  The
> binary version of this from the DOS days is a 16-bit executable, which
> 64-bit Windows will not tolerate.  I am not a windows developer and
> can't recompile it for 32 or  64-bit windows, nor have I found an API
> specification for the hacked-up 32-bit DLL version in use by the other
> WL2K client programs.
> 
> So, as of right now, you can't hit the WL2K servers from D-RATS on
> 64-bit Windows.
> 
> -- 
> Dan Smith
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