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<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV><BR> </DIV>73<BR>Arthur Putnam - N7MNK
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Dan Smith <dsmith@danplanet.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Discussion of D-RATS <drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, November 25, 2010 10:56:06 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [drats_users] Is there a version for Windows 7 64 bit machine?<BR></FONT><BR>> Thanks I did that also but the WL2K send and recieve comes up with a<BR>> error msg stating something about asking for a 64 bit version.. Any<BR>> thoughts on the WL2K send and recieve portion of the program and how to<BR>> make it work with win 7/<BR><BR>Winlink uses an ancient compression mechanism from the early 1980s. The<BR>binary version of this from the DOS days is a 16-bit executable, which<BR>64-bit Windows will not tolerate. I am not a windows developer and<BR>can't recompile it for 32 or
64-bit windows, nor have I found an API<BR>specification for the hacked-up 32-bit DLL version in use by the other<BR>WL2K client programs.<BR><BR>So, as of right now, you can't hit the WL2K servers from D-RATS on<BR>64-bit Windows.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Dan Smith<BR><A href="http://www.danplanet.com/" target=_blank>www.danplanet.com</A><BR>KK7DS<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>drats_users mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" ymailto="mailto:drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">drats_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</A><BR>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/drats_users<BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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