From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sam To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] AIM software In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:06:55 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1dbab83c-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > especially if you use toc, an aim file server should be trivial. Last I checked the protocol hadn't been *officially* released by anyone under AOL-TW's umbrella and had been pieced together by (perhaps) clever hackers. That being said, what I saw of the protocol looked messy enough to inhibit me from writing a client. AIM also uses minimal html syntax to mark up the text (fonts, backgrounds, and the like), which I feel should be parsed out and trashed. > > i'd like to see an aim client. > Me too, if it's minimalistic. Something running in an acme win would be schweet. I don't want to discourage your genuine interest in the project, but it's quite likely you won't be a total 9 shop in the near future; the lack of a decent web browser is enough to necessitate a linux box to vnc opera from. You could similarly use gaim at the same time and let *those* fools chase down the protocol problems every time AOL-TW decides to break TOC/OSCAR. Cheers, Sam