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fully without cost.
You can also reach Timewave at (651) 222-4858 or at the emaill address of this
note for more "hands-on" help
John Douglas
N0ISL
Timewave Technology
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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:42:52 -0700
From: "Dana H. Myers K6JQ" <Dana@Source.Net>
Subject: PK-96 help, please..
Something I've seen with a PK-96 is a tendency to freeze up exactly
as described. It isn't autobauding, it's just frozen. Removing the
battery jumper briefly resets the TNC and wakes it up in the autobaud
state.
Dana K6JQ
Dana@Source.Net
John Douglas wrote:
> In article <19991013160414.00448.00000749@ng-bg1.aol.com>, pmunsel@aol.com
(PMunsel) wrote:
> >I have a PK-96, and I have four lights which stay on all of the time, and
> >cannot get the TNC to operate. The lights are the DCD, CON, STA, MAIL. It
did
> >this some time back, and since it is not a TNC I use much, I did not worry
with
> >it. I want to setup a mobile system (Possibly APRS), and need to try to get
> >this one going. Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >73,
> >Paul Munsel N5XMV
> >Hearne, Tx.
> >PMunsel@aol.com
>
> Hello Paul,
>
> It sounds like the PK-96 is in the reset state and autobauding. Send an *
and
> see if you get a sign-on message.
>
> Another thing you can do is download PK TERM 99 from http://www.timewave.com
> and use that to connect. The downloaded program is in demo mode until
> registered but the demo mode is VHF so it will allow you to run the PK-96
> fully without cost.
>
> You can also reach Timewave at (651) 222-4858 or at the emaill address of
this
> note for more "hands-on" help
>
> John Douglas
> N0ISL
> Timewave Technology
>.
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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 05:45:24 -0500
From: "Charles Brabham" <n5pvl@texoma.net>
Subject: The BBS network and tcp/ip.
D. Stussy <kd6lvw@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.10.9910130807320.551-100000@dns.bde-arc.ampr.org...
> >
> > I have Linux.
> > Did not find any such software.
> > Most hams do not (and will not) have Linux.
> > So Linux is not of interest to me.
>
> Didn't find: Well, you need the package called "ax25-utils".
> The file [/usr/src/]linux/Documentation/networking/ax25.txt tells you
> where to get this, and the "how-to" file.
Most of us have nothing better to do with our time than to sift through
hundreds of obscure text files, hoping to accidently find just the right one
and figure out how to massage our software into at least semi-functionality.
That's why everybody is using LINUX, right? The thrill of the hunt?
>
> Most hams do not ...: Any evidence to back this assumption? Also, since
Linux
> is free, cost isn't a problem (yes, most hams I know are cheap).
The more recent distributions of LINUX cost about the same as a copy of
Win98.
I have yet to know a single perason who got LINUX for "free". Everyone I
know coughed up between 30-80 bucks, depending on how recent a copy they
wanted.
"Technically", LINUX is free. Here on planet Earth though, we real humans
tend to find ourselves paying through the nose for it. In fact, by the time
you buy "add ons" to make up for functions not originally provided by the
distro, you can easily end up paying more than you would for more competent
software with wider compatability, like Win95/98.
You are quite welcome to LINUX. I've tried it, and somehow I wasn't very
impressed. This is one bit of "free" software that is just not worth the
price.
--
73 DE Charles Brabham, N5PVL
N5PVL @ N5PVL.#NTX.TX.USA.NOAM
http://www.texoma.net/~n5pvl
>.
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Date: 13 Oct 1999 13:39:56 GMT
From: Brian Mullaney <mullaneb@tecoma.mccc.edu>
Subject: The BBS network and tcp/ip.
Charles Brabham <n5pvl@texoma.net> wrote:
> and figure out how to massage our software into at least semi-functionality.
The only "semi-functional" software comes out of M$, Charles. UN*X has
always been "fully-functional" in my experience
> The more recent distributions of LINUX cost about the same as a copy of
> Win98.
$2 for a Redhat CD from Cheapbytes. I didn't realize that Win9x had gotten
so cheap.
> I have yet to know a single perason who got LINUX for "free". Everyone I
Well, Charles, I have certainly gotten Linux for free.
> tend to find ourselves paying through the nose for it. In fact, by the time
> you buy "add ons" to make up for functions not originally provided by the
What "add-ons" do you "need" to buy, Charles?
Brian
>.
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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 08:12:43 -0700
From: "Hank Oredson" <horedson@att.net>
Subject: The BBS network and tcp/ip.
Brian Mullaney <mullaneb@tecoma.mccc.edu> wrote in message
news:7u223c$jh6$1@lawrenceville.mccc.edu...
> Charles Brabham <n5pvl@texoma.net> wrote:
>
> > and figure out how to massage our software into at least
semi-functionality.
>
> The only "semi-functional" software comes out of M$, Charles. UN*X has
> always been "fully-functional" in my experience
As a long term Unix developer I could tell you all the horror stories
you might like about getting SunOS and Solaris and HPUX and BSD
to all run the same application. "Fully incompatible" is more like it.
> > The more recent distributions of LINUX cost about the same as a copy of
> > Win98.
>
> $2 for a Redhat CD from Cheapbytes. I didn't realize that Win9x had gotten
> so cheap.
>
> > I have yet to know a single perason who got LINUX for "free". Everyone I
>
> Well, Charles, I have certainly gotten Linux for free.
So tell us how you use it with ham radio.
Can you do all the "Where is" in my previous post?
If so, please tell everyone where that software is located.
I still cannot ping any hams direct from Linux. I am forced to go
through a router running in DOS that CAN connect through
the NET/ROM network to other hams running tcp/ip.
> > tend to find ourselves paying through the nose for it. In fact, by the
time
> > you buy "add ons" to make up for functions not originally provided by
the
>
> What "add-ons" do you "need" to buy, Charles?
Pretty much everything, to change Linux from a just a "toy OS"
into a "functional workstation". And I never did find most applications
that I need to get useful work done. They ain't there yet. See the
recent reviews of Linux in Forbes, Business Week, etc. There have
been many such reviews, due to the Red Hat IPO.
> Brian
--
... Hank
http://horedson.home.att.net
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