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		<title><![CDATA[PowerBASIC Users Meeting Point - This and that - friendly chat]]></title>
		<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[PowerBASIC Users Meeting Point - http://pump.richheimer.de]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 02:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Notepad++ hacked]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=116</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 01:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=164">Stanley Durham</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Chinese Hackers Remote Executed Code Via Notepad++ for 6 Months<br />
_______________________________________________________<br />
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Please do not post any Youtube links (and others) without comment.<br />
<br />
Thank you<br />
Albert (PUMP admin)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Chinese Hackers Remote Executed Code Via Notepad++ for 6 Months<br />
_______________________________________________________<br />
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Please do not post any Youtube links (and others) without comment.<br />
<br />
Thank you<br />
Albert (PUMP admin)]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[PB DOS]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=111</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 07:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=255">Brice Manuel</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I just recently ordered a new 386SX mini laptop system. Running DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11.  Lovely little beast. 40Mhz, 8MB RAM, and an IPS screen.  It is capable of running Windows 95, but I do not want to at this time.<br />
<br />
I am going to be working on some DOS &amp; 16 bit Windows software.<br />
<br />
PB DOS is still getting use from me.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I just recently ordered a new 386SX mini laptop system. Running DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11.  Lovely little beast. 40Mhz, 8MB RAM, and an IPS screen.  It is capable of running Windows 95, but I do not want to at this time.<br />
<br />
I am going to be working on some DOS &amp; 16 bit Windows software.<br />
<br />
PB DOS is still getting use from me.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy holidays to all of us...]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=108</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=29">Mimmo Labate</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I would like to wish <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Albert Richheimer</span>,  who created this meeting place and who hosts us with his generosity, a Merry Christmas, as well as everyone here in various capacities. I trust that the new year will bring health accompanied by serenity. Warm regards and best wishes from the bottom of my heart.<br />
Mimmo]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I would like to wish <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Albert Richheimer</span>,  who created this meeting place and who hosts us with his generosity, a Merry Christmas, as well as everyone here in various capacities. I trust that the new year will bring health accompanied by serenity. Warm regards and best wishes from the bottom of my heart.<br />
Mimmo]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Microsoft to Replace All C/C++ Code With Rust by 2030]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=107</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=164">Stanley Durham</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[“My goal is to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030,” Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Galen Hunt writes in a post on LinkedIn. “Our strategy is to combine AI and Algorithms to rewrite Microsoft’s largest codebases. Our North Star is ‘1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.’ To accomplish this previously unimaginable task, we’ve built a powerful code processing infrastructure. Our algorithmic infrastructure creates a scalable graph over source code at scale. Our AI processing infrastructure then enables us to apply AI agents, guided by algorithms, to make code modifications at scale. The core of this infrastructure is already operating at scale on problems such as code understanding.”<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/microsoft-to-replace-all-c-c-code-with-rust-by-2030" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/micr...st-by-2030</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“My goal is to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030,” Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Galen Hunt writes in a post on LinkedIn. “Our strategy is to combine AI and Algorithms to rewrite Microsoft’s largest codebases. Our North Star is ‘1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code.’ To accomplish this previously unimaginable task, we’ve built a powerful code processing infrastructure. Our algorithmic infrastructure creates a scalable graph over source code at scale. Our AI processing infrastructure then enables us to apply AI agents, guided by algorithms, to make code modifications at scale. The core of this infrastructure is already operating at scale on problems such as code understanding.”<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/microsoft-to-replace-all-c-c-code-with-rust-by-2030" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.thurrott.com/dev/330980/micr...st-by-2030</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Issue with MalwareBytes Account Log-In]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=105</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 05:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=115">Frank Ferrell</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Greetings and Belated Thanksgiving Greetings ...<br />
<br />
 Do we have any users of MalwareBytes Anti-Virus/Malware here?<br />
<br />
If yes, and if you are currently using a premium subscription, then I ask if you may have tried to access your online account within the last two or three days.<br />
<br />
Here's my situation ....<br />
<br />
I already have MalwareBytes Premium on my desktop, and I now desire to add the current subscription to a 2nd device, in this case a laptop.<br />
<br />
This morning (Thursday AM in the USA) I properly entered my e-mail and account password, then immediately got the message to check my e-mail for a 6-digit verifier message. However, the verifier message did not immediately arrive in my inbox, and would not arrive for three to five minutes. When the verifier message finally appeared, I entered the 6-digit verifier and got the "INVALID" response. This same thing happened again about three more times. BTW, each time the verifier message always went to the inbox, never to Spam or any other folder.<br />
<br />
I will most likely not attempt the process again until sometime tomorrow. Meantime, I would interested to know if anyone else might be experiencing this same problem.<br />
<br />
Thanx-A-Lotte, Frank]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Greetings and Belated Thanksgiving Greetings ...<br />
<br />
 Do we have any users of MalwareBytes Anti-Virus/Malware here?<br />
<br />
If yes, and if you are currently using a premium subscription, then I ask if you may have tried to access your online account within the last two or three days.<br />
<br />
Here's my situation ....<br />
<br />
I already have MalwareBytes Premium on my desktop, and I now desire to add the current subscription to a 2nd device, in this case a laptop.<br />
<br />
This morning (Thursday AM in the USA) I properly entered my e-mail and account password, then immediately got the message to check my e-mail for a 6-digit verifier message. However, the verifier message did not immediately arrive in my inbox, and would not arrive for three to five minutes. When the verifier message finally appeared, I entered the 6-digit verifier and got the "INVALID" response. This same thing happened again about three more times. BTW, each time the verifier message always went to the inbox, never to Spam or any other folder.<br />
<br />
I will most likely not attempt the process again until sometime tomorrow. Meantime, I would interested to know if anyone else might be experiencing this same problem.<br />
<br />
Thanx-A-Lotte, Frank]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Having problems with pbusers.org]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=102</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 01:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=55">Brian Alvarez</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Is it only me? it sometimes displays the forums list and then times out when opening some threads.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Is it only me? it sometimes displays the forums list and then times out when opening some threads.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arduino users news]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=95</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 01:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=11">Jules Marchildon</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Couple days ago...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2025/10/qualcomm-to-acquire-arduino-accelerating-developers--access-to-i" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2...ccess-to-i</a><br />
<br />
..not sure if any other PB users use this platform?  90% of my projects have a USB/Serial Arduino link to a PB GUI application.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.hackster.io/news/qualcomm-acquires-arduino-launches-the-new-arduino-uno-q-single-board-computer-57d91d83e890" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.hackster.io/news/qualcomm-ac...d91d83e890</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Couple days ago...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2025/10/qualcomm-to-acquire-arduino-accelerating-developers--access-to-i" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2...ccess-to-i</a><br />
<br />
..not sure if any other PB users use this platform?  90% of my projects have a USB/Serial Arduino link to a PB GUI application.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.hackster.io/news/qualcomm-acquires-arduino-launches-the-new-arduino-uno-q-single-board-computer-57d91d83e890" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.hackster.io/news/qualcomm-ac...d91d83e890</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[7zip alternatives ?]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=94</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 06:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=14">Johan Klassen</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I noticed that when I was 7zip compressing a 300GB folder the CPU would stay very close to 100% and the CPU temperature was about 70c<br />
I don't want to burn-up my CPU!<br />
I don't want to run the CPU this high for hours on end, 50% usage and 50c is reasonable, any 7zip alternatives recommendations ?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I noticed that when I was 7zip compressing a 300GB folder the CPU would stay very close to 100% and the CPU temperature was about 70c<br />
I don't want to burn-up my CPU!<br />
I don't want to run the CPU this high for hours on end, 50% usage and 50c is reasonable, any 7zip alternatives recommendations ?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hello old friends]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=89</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=173">Bern Ertl</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Been a long while since I checked on the PB forums.  Finally did a couple weeks ago and discovered it was dead.  I did some internets searching and found this forum with some familiar names.  I just wanted to thank y'all for keeping a door open.  Cheers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Been a long while since I checked on the PB forums.  Finally did a couple weeks ago and discovered it was dead.  I did some internets searching and found this forum with some familiar names.  I just wanted to thank y'all for keeping a door open.  Cheers.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Affinity]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=88</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=102">Patrice Terrier</a>]]></dc:creator>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=88</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to use a professional graphic tool for a fraction of the PhotoShop price.<br />
With unlimited license, you can use it on all your local computers.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Affinity Photo 2</span> is absolutly amazing, believe me!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ever wanted to use a professional graphic tool for a fraction of the PhotoShop price.<br />
With unlimited license, you can use it on all your local computers.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Affinity Photo 2</span> is absolutly amazing, believe me!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[MS Power Toys]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=87</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 23:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=11">Jules Marchildon</a>]]></dc:creator>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=87</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[Thought I'd post this as an FYI.<br />
 <br />
I was investigating the magnification win32 API examples and eventually came across this link <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winauto/magapi/magapi-intro#getting-started" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Magnification API Overview</a>   The first thing that jumped out was this note; "The Magnification API is not supported under WOW64; that is, a 32-bit magnifier application will not run correctly on 64-bit Windows."  So started searching for alternatives. I did some more searching and came across Gary's thread <a href="https://forum.powerbasic.com/forum/user-to-user-discussions/powerbasic-for-windows/813807-win10-magnifier-alternative" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Win10 Magnifier Alternative -July 2022</a>  while I have played with Patrice's FFcapture in the past,  post #3 by Hutch mentioned a 32bit MS Utility "zoomin.exe" but no source code go fish for yourself.  So I went deep C fishing, I got to this site <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/zoomit" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">ZoomIt -Sysinternals</a>  and they have both 32 &amp; 64bit binaries, the github link took me to the source code and I was surprised by all the other utilities available as well,  here it is   <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Microsoft PowerToys</a>  I'm still reading through it all to find the zoomin source code.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Thought I'd post this as an FYI.<br />
 <br />
I was investigating the magnification win32 API examples and eventually came across this link <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winauto/magapi/magapi-intro#getting-started" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Magnification API Overview</a>   The first thing that jumped out was this note; "The Magnification API is not supported under WOW64; that is, a 32-bit magnifier application will not run correctly on 64-bit Windows."  So started searching for alternatives. I did some more searching and came across Gary's thread <a href="https://forum.powerbasic.com/forum/user-to-user-discussions/powerbasic-for-windows/813807-win10-magnifier-alternative" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Win10 Magnifier Alternative -July 2022</a>  while I have played with Patrice's FFcapture in the past,  post #3 by Hutch mentioned a 32bit MS Utility "zoomin.exe" but no source code go fish for yourself.  So I went deep C fishing, I got to this site <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/zoomit" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">ZoomIt -Sysinternals</a>  and they have both 32 &amp; 64bit binaries, the github link took me to the source code and I was surprised by all the other utilities available as well,  here it is   <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Microsoft PowerToys</a>  I'm still reading through it all to find the zoomin source code.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[2003 Podcast featuring PowerBASIC founder Bob Zale]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=44</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=115">Frank Ferrell</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Greetings ....<br />
<br />
Found this purely by chance ....<br />
<br />
From March 24th 2003, a 53-minute podcast interview by PowerBASIC's Bob Zale, as well as PDQ creator Ethan Winer.<br />
<br />
The interview can be downloaded as an mp3 audio file -- just click-on the three dots to the right of the playback field and choose DOWNLOAD.<br />
<br />
Here's the link -- <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><a href="https://www.dotnetrocks.com/details/20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Net Rocks Podcast: March 24th 2003</a></span><br />
<br />
Thanx-A-Lot, Frank]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Greetings ....<br />
<br />
Found this purely by chance ....<br />
<br />
From March 24th 2003, a 53-minute podcast interview by PowerBASIC's Bob Zale, as well as PDQ creator Ethan Winer.<br />
<br />
The interview can be downloaded as an mp3 audio file -- just click-on the three dots to the right of the playback field and choose DOWNLOAD.<br />
<br />
Here's the link -- <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><a href="https://www.dotnetrocks.com/details/20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Net Rocks Podcast: March 24th 2003</a></span><br />
<br />
Thanx-A-Lot, Frank]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[RUST (from PB Third Party-PluriBASIC)]]></title>
			<link>http://pump.richheimer.de/showthread.php?tid=14</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 13:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="http://pump.richheimer.de/member.php?action=profile&uid=23">Dale Yarker</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Downloaded/installed Rust. The example code shows curly brace and semicolon fetish I've avoided till now (C was saving RAM when 65<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">K</span> was a lot!).<br />
<br />
Downloading Visual Studio (mandatory to have) took a long time. It is 1.42G!<br />
<br />
The Rust doc said nothing about what to use to create/edit a source file. Finally just used PBCC Edit. I had to use File Explorer to delete the .bas it kept adding to the name. An appropriate editor is a problem for another day.<br />
<br />
Rust uses UTC-8 so internationalization will be easier than current BASICs that are far behind PB (PB has WSTRING, others are ANSI).<br />
<br />
Command Prompt for compiling is another thing to improve. I did have success with "Hello world".<br />
<br />
Rust has a forum called Community. I think I'll discuss experiences with Rust, rather the PB.<br />
<br />
Cheers,]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Downloaded/installed Rust. The example code shows curly brace and semicolon fetish I've avoided till now (C was saving RAM when 65<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">K</span> was a lot!).<br />
<br />
Downloading Visual Studio (mandatory to have) took a long time. It is 1.42G!<br />
<br />
The Rust doc said nothing about what to use to create/edit a source file. Finally just used PBCC Edit. I had to use File Explorer to delete the .bas it kept adding to the name. An appropriate editor is a problem for another day.<br />
<br />
Rust uses UTC-8 so internationalization will be easier than current BASICs that are far behind PB (PB has WSTRING, others are ANSI).<br />
<br />
Command Prompt for compiling is another thing to improve. I did have success with "Hello world".<br />
<br />
Rust has a forum called Community. I think I'll discuss experiences with Rust, rather the PB.<br />
<br />
Cheers,]]></content:encoded>
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