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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: hamster
Date: 28 Mar 2024 13:26:58 GMT
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kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/27/2024 2:20 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > floffy@gallaxial.com <floffy@gallaxial.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:25:55 +0100, Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name> wrote:
> >>
> >>> floffy@gallaxial.com 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