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    From Alan B@21:1/5 to snipeco.2@gmail.com on Thu Jun 13 20:57:17 2024
    Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
    Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    On 2024-06-13, Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
    On 2024-06-13, Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
    Found in news.software.readers, MacSOUP users may find this interesting: >>
    [snip]

    I'll be trying this when the round tuit arrives.

    I tried it out a couple or more years ago. It was OK-ish but was not a patch
    on other clients I use. However, as you say, when the round tuit arrives ;-)

    I seem to recall it used the 4D Database to hold its data and you could
    only filter on poster id. The latter was enough to put me off! Maybe
    things have improved?


    At first sight this version seems a lot more powerful - take a look at: <http://yakakwatik.org/mc/documentation/en/tarrazu/#idocs_installation>

    Yes it does but I’ll give it a better test out tomorrow and hopefully
    import from MacSOUP. I’ve just installed it on Sequoia beta to my M1 MBP
    and it runs OK so far :)

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to snipeco.2@gmail.com on Mon Jun 17 11:42:54 2024
    Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
    J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:

    [Sn!pe re: MacCafé]

    I'll be trying this when the round tuit arrives.


    Tried it years ago, and couldn't get it to work.
    I trashed it, and decided to wait for all the bugs to get ironed out.
    I did notice however that the database files it creates are much larger.

    And then I thought: why bother with it at all,
    when I have the real MacSoup working?
    (on my own MacSoup server)

    Jan


    Congratulations on your personal solution. Others may have
    different needs, or perhaps we just want a new toy to play with.

    I welcome the fact that people are still prepared to develop Usenet
    clients :) MacCafé is coming along quite nicely but needs, for example, a
    bit more work on filtering.

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to J. J. Lodder on Wed Jun 19 21:13:46 2024
    J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:


    I'm afraid all is not well.
    'nospam' was a regular poster here until 17 month ago.
    Then he had a 6 month hiatus,
    and reappeared briefly for a few postings, then nothing.

    That’s quite worrying. His posts were often controversial but his technical knowledge was excellent.

    But why use a cumbersome, clumsy, bulky, buggy,
    and less capable imitation when you can easily run the real thing,
    either in emulation or on a dedicated machine?
    (which can do some other useful things too)

    The use of 4D does seem to be the major factor in that. But yes I can run MacSOUP in a VM on my Intel Mac or in an OS 9 emulation on my M1 Mac.

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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