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VK3KJC > BPQ 01.02.99 17:33l 39 Lines 1284 Bytes #-10123 (0) @ WW
BID : BA0144VK3KJC
Read: SP6VXT GUEST
Subj: Re: Why is KISS obsolete ?
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Quoting:
> From: DG4FDI @ DG4FDI.DB0ZDF.#RPL.DEU.EU (Thomas)
> To: BPQ @ WW
......
> I regret that Kantronics do not sell their tncs with a 6pack firmware
> such as the manufacturers of the TNC2 clones and the TNC3 do here in
> Europe.
>
> 6PACK takes only 4 kbytes in a TNC2 eprom.
......
> Are there any technical specifications of Kantronics TNC besides the
> user manuals which are surely not enough to write a hardware depended
> firmware ? Are such specifications free of charge ?
The ciruit diagram for the KPC3 is provided with the TNC and should be
enough for a decent programmer to follow. The ciruit is very simple (RAM,
EPROM, 63B03X and 3015) leading to a complication in the software - the
HDLC is done in software. But why bother when KISS works - see below.
Quoting:
> From: M1AJG@GB7WRG.#19.GBR.EU
> To : NETWRK@WW
>
> ????? wrote:-
> > The lack of good firmwares for example kantronics tnc makes them
> > impossible to use with flexnet, but it is not something flexnet lacks
> > that causes this problem.
>
> Works extrememly well with my KPC-3 in KISS...Far less frame rejects
> than with BPQ...but alot heavier on memory...
Cheers - Ken, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Message timed: 08:37 on 01 Feb 99
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