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+++ title = "Using VARA with pat" summary = """pat is known as Winlink replacement for Linux. Now it also supports connections via VARA""" date = "2022-09-25T09:49:24+02:00" #lastmod = "" categories = ["amateur-radio"] tags = []

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I'm using zsh (not bash).

$ env WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine WINEARCH=win32 wine wineboot
$ env WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine WINEARCH=win32 wine winecfg

$ env WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine WINEARCH=win32 winetricks sound=alsa
$ env WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine WINEARCH=win32 winetricks allfonts

$ tar -cJf wine-backup-$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).tar.xz .wine/

$ #copy files to %WINDIR%/system32 -> create self-extracting archive...

run my self-extracting archive after installing vb6run

• VARA_files_drt.exe

when running winecfg check if Win7 is selected.

Using WINEARCH=win32 makes the windows 32bit -- most verbs from winetricks only install 32bit versions, so this is reason for 32bit windows...

run wine Download/VARA_Setup

run wine .wine/drive_c/VARA/VARA.exe

should work...

nt4 pdh files taken from: http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40/update/5.0.2195.2668/nt4/en-us/nt4pdhdll.exe

sources: https://groups.io/g/VARA-MODEM/topic/installing_winlink_express/80678030 -- 73's de ON4AIN - Jan