[email protected] wrote:

the problem with this hamter is NO HELP the Help is unsupport
Try to Find a Help files (f1) working but unsuccess

Hamster's help files are in HLP format and designed for the old
WinHlp32.exe; this format has not been supported since Windows Vista, and WinHlp32 versions don't run after Windows 8. See <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607> for more information.

There are current help files in German as part of the Hamster Classic Beta releases, see <https://hamster-classic.de/download:download> (you can use
Gogle Translate or Deepl). I don't have a source for current help files in other languages.

-thh

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[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:25:55 +0100, Thomas Hochstein <[email protected]> wrote:

[email protected] wrote:

the problem with this hamter is NO HELP the Help is unsupport
Try to Find a Help files (f1) working but unsuccess

Hamster's help files are in HLP format and designed for the old >WinHlp32.exe; this format has not been supported since Windows Vista, and >WinHlp32 versions don't run after Windows 8. See ><http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607> for more information.

There are current help files in German as part of the Hamster Classic Beta >releases, see <https://hamster-classic.de/download:download> (you can use >Gogle Translate or Deepl). I don't have a source for current help files in >other languages.

-thh

I use the old Winhlp32 from a WinXP it's Working , But Documentation
is simplest (english)

Just give yourself some time to learn. Trust me, it's worth it. I've
been using Hamster for two decades now (before that, INN on a Real UNIX
TM system).

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kyonshi <[email protected]> wrote:

On 3/27/2024 2:20 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:25:55 +0100, Thomas Hochstein <[email protected]> wrote: >>

[email protected] wrote:

the problem with this hamter is NO HELP the Help is unsupport
Try to Find a Help files (f1) working but unsuccess

Hamster's help files are in HLP format and designed for the old
WinHlp32.exe; this format has not been supported since Windows Vista, and >>> WinHlp32 versions don't run after Windows 8. See
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607> for more information.

There are current help files in German as part of the Hamster Classic Beta
releases, see <https://hamster-classic.de/download:download> (you can use >>> Gogle Translate or Deepl). I don't have a source for current help files in
other languages.

-thh

I use the old Winhlp32 from a WinXP it's Working , But Documentation
is simplest (english)

Just give yourself some time to learn. Trust me, it's worth it. I've been using Hamster for two decades now (before that, INN on a Real UNIX
TM system).

How is it actually used, I had a brief look at it but it seemed somewhat complicated. Is it like leafnode on unixoid systems?

I have not used Leafnode, but it is probably similar. Both are just a
'proxy' server. To your newsreader, Hamster looks like a news server. To
your real news server, i.e. in your case Eternal September, Hamster
looks like a newsreader.

I just had a look at the Help (for Hamster Classic) and I think you
should start with (assuming you already installed Hamster itself), or at
least can use the Help file):

Help -> Contents -> (optionally: A short introduction) -> Installation

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kyonshi <[email protected]> wrote at 08:54 this Thursday (GMT):

On 3/27/2024 2:20 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:25:55 +0100, Thomas Hochstein <[email protected]> wrote: >>>

[email protected] wrote:

the problem with this hamter is NO HELP the Help is unsupport
Try to Find a Help files (f1) working but unsuccess

Hamster's help files are in HLP format and designed for the old
WinHlp32.exe; this format has not been supported since Windows Vista, and >>>> WinHlp32 versions don't run after Windows 8. See
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607> for more information.

There are current help files in German as part of the Hamster Classic Beta >>>> releases, see <https://hamster-classic.de/download:download> (you can use >>>> Gogle Translate or Deepl). I don't have a source for current help files in >>>> other languages.

-thh

I use the old Winhlp32 from a WinXP it's Working , But Documentation
is simplest (english)

Just give yourself some time to learn. Trust me, it's worth it. I've
been using Hamster for two decades now (before that, INN on a Real UNIX
TM system).

How is it actually used, I had a brief look at it but it seemed somewhat complicated. Is it like leafnode on unixoid systems?

I think it works like this:
Hamster downloads new articles on your account on a regular interval
You read those downloaded articles from Hamster (even offline)
"Posting a reply" puts the message into a message queue
Next time it fetches articles, it also posts the queue
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Eric M <[email protected]> wrote at 15:33 this Thursday (GMT):

Le 28/03/2024 à 15:30, candycanearter07 a écrit :

Hamster downloads new articles on your account on a regular interval
You read those downloaded articles from Hamster (even offline)
"Posting a reply" puts the message into a message queue
Next time it fetches articles, it also posts the queue

It's mainly that, but Hamster can also accept regular feeds, which makes
it a real news server. And you can download from multiple servers, so you will never miss any message.

Regular feeds? Multiple servers?
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Eric M <[email protected]> wrote:

Le 28/03/2024 � 16:40, candycanearter07 a �crit :

Hamster downloads new articles on your account on a regular interval
You read those downloaded articles from Hamster (even offline)
"Posting a reply" puts the message into a message queue
Next time it fetches articles, it also posts the queue

It's mainly that, but Hamster can also accept regular feeds, which makes >> it a real news server. And you can download from multiple servers, so you >> will never miss any message.

Regular feeds? Multiple servers?

Yes to both.

I found this but it's in french and outdated :

http://hamsterfr.free.fr/

And it's not even the latest version (which must be from 2005 more or
less).

The heading is not very obvious, but in Hamster Classic's Help, it's
FAQ... -> Installation/Configuration -> "Feeding" newsgroups with
Hamster.

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It happens that Frank Slootweg formulated :

[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:25:55 +0100, Thomas Hochstein <[email protected]> wrote: >>

[email protected] wrote:

the problem with this hamter is NO HELP the Help is unsupport
Try to Find a Help files (f1) working but unsuccess

Hamster's help files are in HLP format and designed for the old
WinHlp32.exe; this format has not been supported since Windows Vista, and >>> WinHlp32 versions don't run after Windows 8. See
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607> for more information.

There are current help files in German as part of the Hamster Classic Beta >>> releases, see <https://hamster-classic.de/download:download> (you can use >>> Gogle Translate or Deepl). I don't have a source for current help files in >>> other languages.

-thh

I use the old Winhlp32 from a WinXP it's Working , But Documentation
is simplest (english)

Just give yourself some time to learn. Trust me, it's worth it. I've
been using Hamster for two decades now (before that, INN on a Real UNIX
TM system).

Hamster still very usefull.
I run Hamster Playground v1.25.2 for many years.

In my opinion, the helpfile is good, basically it cover every functions
with examples. Win 10 and 11 run it.

I have the hierarchy "hamster.*" with old posts. Have good tips from
the old users:

news://bbs.alt119.net

Cheers,
Eduardo.
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Kyonshi <[email protected]> wrote at 23:15 this Friday (GMT):

On 3/28/2024 4:30 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:

kyonshi <[email protected]> wrote at 08:54 this Thursday (GMT):

On 3/27/2024 2:20 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:25:55 +0100, Thomas Hochstein <[email protected]> wrote:

[email protected] wrote:

the problem with this hamter is NO HELP the Help is unsupport
Try to Find a Help files (f1) working but unsuccess

Hamster's help files are in HLP format and designed for the old
WinHlp32.exe; this format has not been supported since Windows Vista, and
WinHlp32 versions don't run after Windows 8. See
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607> for more information.

There are current help files in German as part of the Hamster Classic Beta
releases, see <https://hamster-classic.de/download:download> (you can use
Gogle Translate or Deepl). I don't have a source for current help files in
other languages.

-thh

I use the old Winhlp32 from a WinXP it's Working , But Documentation >>>>> is simplest (english)

Just give yourself some time to learn. Trust me, it's worth it. I've >>>> been using Hamster for two decades now (before that, INN on a Real UNIX >>>> TM system).

How is it actually used, I had a brief look at it but it seemed somewhat >>> complicated. Is it like leafnode on unixoid systems?

I think it works like this:
Hamster downloads new articles on your account on a regular interval
You read those downloaded articles from Hamster (even offline)
"Posting a reply" puts the message into a message queue
Next time it fetches articles, it also posts the queue

here's an intersting question I haven't found out yet: how long is the interval and how do you change it? I don't seem to be able to find a
setting for that in Hamster (I just installed it) and have not found
anything in the manual yet.
From what I can see it should be defined by script within Hamster?

Sorry, I don't know.. I don't use hamster.
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Kyonshi used his keyboard to write :

On 3/28/2024 4:30 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:

kyonshi <[email protected]> wrote at 08:54 this Thursday (GMT):

On 3/27/2024 2:20 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:25:55 +0100, Thomas Hochstein <[email protected]>
wrote:

[email protected] wrote:

the problem with this hamter is NO HELP the Help is unsupport
Try to Find a Help files (f1) working but unsuccess

Hamster's help files are in HLP format and designed for the old
WinHlp32.exe; this format has not been supported since Windows Vista, >>>>>> and
WinHlp32 versions don't run after Windows 8. See
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607> for more information.

There are current help files in German as part of the Hamster Classic >>>>>> Beta
releases, see <https://hamster-classic.de/download:download> (you can >>>>>> use
Gogle Translate or Deepl). I don't have a source for current help files >>>>>> in
other languages.

-thh

I use the old Winhlp32 from a WinXP it's Working , But Documentation >>>>> is simplest (english)

Just give yourself some time to learn. Trust me, it's worth it. I've >>>> been using Hamster for two decades now (before that, INN on a Real UNIX >>>> TM system).

How is it actually used, I had a brief look at it but it seemed somewhat >>> complicated. Is it like leafnode on unixoid systems?

I think it works like this:
Hamster downloads new articles on your account on a regular interval
You read those downloaded articles from Hamster (even offline)
"Posting a reply" puts the message into a message queue
Next time it fetches articles, it also posts the queue

here's an intersting question I haven't found out yet: how long is the interval and how do you change it? I don't seem to be able to find a setting for that in Hamster (I just installed it) and have not found anything in the manual yet.
From what I can see it should be defined by script within Hamster?

Hi Kyonshi,

(from Hamster Playground):

- In Hamster Control:
First you have to add a nntpserver, then

"Tasks" / "Setup User Tasks / Add" - give it a name and add the
nntpserver - Save

- "Tasks" / "Setup Scheduled Tasks / Add" -
Look for the Task you have created and save

This window will show all the options to configure that task.

[S]
Eduardo.

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