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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:59:04 -0500
From: James Jolin <jjolin_at_itol.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Winlink
What freq are you using for winlink?
JJolin Wa9Arb
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:02:54 -0700
From: "Ray McKnight" <shortsheep_at_worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Winlink
>Ray McKnight wrote:
>>You don't "dial up" a Telpac node, you connect to it over the air via
>>regular old connected mode packet on 1200 baud VHF.
>What freq are you using for winlink?
>JJolin Wa9Arb
Go to www.winlink.org for frequencies and how to access Telpac nodes
and PMBO's.
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:51:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Curt, WE7U" <archer_at_eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Winlink
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Ray McKnight wrote:
>You don't "dial up" a Telpac node, you connect to it over the air via
>regular old connected mode packet on 1200 baud VHF. Once connected you
>will be in a simple command-line menu system like the old packet BBS's.
>Those who choose to run Airmail will have simple one-click icon's to
>connect, select various gateway stations, and send/receive e-mail almost
>as easily as using Microsoft Outlook (or whatever program you prefer).
>Those who connect "manually" and use the command line interface will
>have some advanced Winlink functions disabled. Another reason to use
>Airmail. But it still gets the job done.
So Airmail is just a GUI front-end to command-line functions? Similar to
all those old programs that make TNC's easier to use for connected-mode
operations perhaps?
If so, it should be awfully easy to make an ncurses or GUI front-end to the
modem for Linux/Unix/MacOSX. If I had one of these modems I could play a
little with that.
--
Curt, WE7U. APRS Client Comparisons: http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
"The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!"
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:02:42 -0400
From: kb2scs_at_optonline.net
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Winlink
Hi Curt
The SCS modem can be considered a TNC. Since it uses the
same commands as a TNC does. Yes it has more and different commands
also. But for example to make a connection the command is.
Connect WE7U [enter]
So I would suggest that you go to the SCS web site and down load
their manuals and you will see that you can make this GUI without
having a SCS unit.
Of course you would need a unit to test the software prior to its
release.
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:08:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Curt, WE7U" <archer_at_eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Winlink
On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 kb2scs_at_optonline.net wrote:
>The SCS modem can be considered a TNC. Since it uses the
>same commands as a TNC does. Yes it has more and different commands
>also. But for example to make a connection the command is.
>Connect WE7U [enter]
>
>So I would suggest that you go to the SCS web site and down load
>their manuals and you will see that you can make this GUI without
>having a SCS unit.
>
>Of course you would need a unit to test the software prior to its
>release.
Wanna' bet? If someone were to do this as an open-source project, all they
need is SOMEONE out there with the modem, or better yet multiple someones,
to test it. The developers wouldn't need the hardware at all in this case.
The motto of open-source projects is "release early/release often". That's
how the really fast progress is made.
I don't need more projects right now but I'll keep this in mind for the
future, or perhaps chip in if someone else takes this on.
So... Was the answer to my question about Airmail merely being a front-end
GUI for the TNC a "yes"?
--
Curt, WE7U. APRS Client Comparisons: http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
"The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!"
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