AmiMSN. Still interested?

[MickJT]

Hi guys, it's been forever since I did anything with AmiMSN.

It still connects & still works with a slight modification to it's login routine.

Should I bother to continue with it?

[MickJT]

Hmm, ok. Different response than what I was thinking.

I was under the impression since it uses 3rd party programs (some that crash on MOS/AOS4), and it's written in AREXX, and BitlBee servers at http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/servers.html work, that no-one would be interested anymore.

I'm pretty fluent at AREXX, but I can't code C for {bleep}, though can compile simple programs.. I can swear here right? :-) I'd love to learn C but i'm busier than I used to be. Not to mention C isn't where it's at. It's all C++ or maybe even C# now. What language do people learn these days?

Edit: Nice bleep there ;-)

[MickJT]

What is MSN good for? Well, isn't it the most popular chat program at the moment? I'm surprised by whoever it was page 1 that said "Does anyone use MSN anymore?". What do they use now then?

This is a hobby program.

I'm going to at least release a version that will connect and work again.

I found something interesting.

Since I remember someone using OS4 not being able to use AmiMSN because of VintEval crashing, I decided to implement my own modulo function. I was going to use "Ev" to do the rest of the calculations when it failed to calculate this correctly:

892809265*242854337

You wouldn't believe how long it took me to figure out that that was the problem. I'm using "bc" now, but it's slower than VintEval. AmiMSN would do several calculations on 1 line, but i'm going to have to split it up now, and invoke the 3rd party program several times. This is only needed for a response algorithm when you sign in, and lasts no more than a couple of seconds.

[MickJT]

New version is up.

http://members.ii.net/~trebs/AmiMSN/

If anyone here has AOS4 and/or MOS4, please give it a go.

[MickJT]

TiredOLife wrote:
@Voodoo

Cheers mate, I had read that and already deleted it when testing previous versions.
Didn't work then and doesn't work on the latest one either.
Any other ideas?

1) Real or emulated? If emulated, usergroup.library in AmiTCP:Libs/ ?

2) Any firewall installed that will prevent LAN connections to port 123?

3) @hotmail.com, @msn, or @somethingelse account?

With some further info and testing I should be able to get it going for you.


Stevo, can you run VintEval and see if it crashes on your system? I can't remember if it was just AOS4.


VooDoo, you can use BlackIRC/WookieChat/AmIRC. Check the readme.

[MickJT]

AmigaMance wrote:
If i want to communicate with someone, i will use the e-mail. If i want to do it in real-time, i will just use the IRC. Because there are are good Amiga IRC clients and because i'm used to it.

Agreed for the most part.

.. but this is for people who have friends with PC's that don't know how to use anything else.

[MickJT]

After another hiatus, soon i'll be completing the IRC support (expect a month wait though), making the shell un-necessary.

I'll also be buying a sam440ep-flex when it's available and AOS4.1.

Don't expect me to learn any new programming language. I don't have the patience at the moment. I get home from work and want to relax (though i've committed myself to learning Japanese before 6 years time. I just like the language!) .. i'll definitely try to keep AmiMSN working, so even if I don't add features or fix bugs, I do check every now and then to make sure it still connects to the servers.

I know the last post is OLD (nearly a year).. rxlibnet is part of rxsocket. If you read the .readme, all the requirements are listed there with links to obtain them.

I hope this program continues to work if SabreMSN suddenly stops working. Sabre uses MSNP8 which could disappear any minute as XP support is phased out. Windows Messenger, bundled with XP, uses it.

[MickJT]

I've updated AmiMSN to work on OS4.1 (except file transfers may cause a crash).

An unreleased beta of SabreMSN can send files to AmiMSN successfully, too.

http://members.ii.net/~trebs/AmiMSN/