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G4VWL > BPQ 05.01.99 21:56l 32 Lines 1197 Bytes #-10153 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: bpq vs flexnet
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From: G4VWL@GB7DEE.#51.GBR.EU
Quoting from a previous message...
>From: SM7UZI@SK7IQ.MALMOE.M.SWE.EU
>To : BPQ@WW
>
>The flexnet driver for all tncs i the 6pack driver.
>For that to work must there be a 6pack frimware for the
>tncs. So if kantronics makes a 6pack frimare will it work.
>
But the point is Kantronics *don't* make a 6pack for *any* of their TNC's.
Would you suggest that I throw 700 dollars-worth of TNC's in the trashcan
or should I trust Kantronics judgement on this one?
Investing (or rather, wasting) that sort of money may be justified in a
"full-blown" networking environment but, in the UK at least, many many
stations run 'hobby-nodes' as front-ends to their PMS's where the only
sensible option is to make the best use of existing equipment.
Advocates of (PC/)Flexnet can extoll it's virtues as often as they like
but, if it cannot be run on a station's equipment, that's the end of it.
TNC's operating in international-standard KISS mode will be around for a
long time yet.
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73 from John. G4VWL email: john@sparks98.freeserve.co.uk
05 January 1999 09:16 gmt http://www.sparks98.freeserve.co.uk/
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