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On 2026 Mar 29 06:28:42, you wrote to Paul Hayton:
JH> I haven`t tried, but another thing you could do is use MK Message
JH> Utilities:
JH> https://flisterz.throwbackbbs.com/filelist/BBS_Utilities/mkmu103.zip
JH> To convert that base from JAM to Squish and then back to JAM again.
FWIW: converting from JAM to SQU will result in data loss/change...
specifically in the timestamps... SQU`s timestamps are filesystem "format" and
have an even-number-based 2 second granularity (eg: 0, 2, 4, 6, etc)...
JAM and other message base formats use the regular timestamp format so
have 1 second granularity (eg: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc)... sure it isn`t
much but it changes more than one might expect...
messages in JAM written at (eg) 17:01:01 would be stored in SQU
with 17:01:00 or 17:01:02... this not only changes the timestamp but also
results in header checksums for duplicate detection failing... converting from
SQU to other formats will not undo this...
BUT i also recall at least one message base format in the MK
library that forced seconds to zero... i fixed many of these types of
defects in my copy of the library... some of them made it back upstream
to the original developer, Mark May, but not all of them did... this
was back in the day before code repositories were known and used...
)/(ark
"The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look
on my majesty, ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your
choice. Oooh, a shiny thing!"
... I am Canadian Because....I know Medicine Hat is a place, not a thing.
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