PKT
ZXNet echo conference «code.zx»
Happy New Year, Paul!
There is some information that popped up in the echo:
PKT format
2. Any mail packet transmitted over Fidonet networks begins with
header of fixed length (58 bytes) and ends with 00H 00H
The total is 60 bytes, just such a packet is transmitted during POLLe.
Here is the format of the package header implemented for the Pascal language:
PacketHeader=record
origNode: word;
destNode: word;
year : word;
month : word;
day : word;
hour : word;
minute : word;
second : word;
baud: word;
PacketType: word; Mostly 0200H
origNet: word;
destNet: word;
ProductCode: char;
fill : array [0..32] of char;
end;
I think the purpose of the header fields can be understood without further
explanations :)))
[IG: I think so too. :) ]
3. Following the packet header (and before trailing zeros) are
variable number of packed messages (from 0 to N, at 0 messages POLL is formed)
Packed message header format:
PacketMessageHeader = record
PacketType: word; 0200H
origNode: word;
destNode: word;
origNet: word;
destNet: word;
Attribute: word;cost : word;
dateTime : array [0..19] of char;
toUserName : array [0..35] of char;
fromUserName : array [0..35] of char;
subject : array [0..71] of char;
end;
Following the title is the actual text of the message, ending with zero.
it seems like a long time ago, Michael Kondratyev talked with Igor Gruzdev,
Well, I threw it into the archive for the collection, and you see it came in handy ;)
Best regards, Denis.
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Happy New Year, Boris!
In the echo of CODE.ZX, you wrote a letter
for Denis Parinov. It was 01/02/98, at 23:54.
PF>> well, it’s really possible to make a pkt2txt and txt2pkt converter
DP>> wow ;) so put forward the benefits of PCT!
BS> And it has only one advantage: when writing a complete one
BS> software mail package, the door will open for the user
BS> Fido's world!
And who will open this door? ;-)
The point is this: if the point can continue to be received only by the same
Ehi what now and write only in limited areas, then why is it necessary
introduces an additional conversion operation on the Spectrum?
Gate will cope with this perfectly (without straining too much).
As for technical errors in letters, there are none anyway if
it is written in SMM (properly configured), unless of course
who would not have the desire to edit it later in something else.
BS> Goodbye, Boris.
All the best, Mr. Boris Sokol
That's actually all I wanted to say
on the topic "PKT".
Best regards, Denis.
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