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Packet-Radio Digest Fri, 26 Feb 99 Volume 99 : Issue 43
Today's Topics:
BPQ
Thief
Why a TNC?
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:37:05 -0600
From: "Charles Brabham" <n5pvl@texoma.net>
Subject: BPQ
Per Odegaard wrote in message <7b4fr5$ksi$1@mendelevium.btinternet.com>...
>Hi!
>
>Why is BPQ so popular with many FBB mailboxes?
>I use FBB myself, but have never understood the need for BPQ.
Here in Texas, FBB BBS's use 'BPQ to process TexNet's archaic "***linked
to***" system, where the node connects to your station, THEN passes on the
connectee's callsign. FBB did not process the callsign and so thought it was
"talking" to the node. In fact, ALL connectees through a TexNet node ended
up with FBB thinking they had the node's callsign! - BPQ processes this
stuff for FBB, so it became a standard for FBB sysops here.
I hear that FBB is now capable of handling "***linked to***" but most Texas
BBS's still use BPQ anyway, from habit I suppose. - I've upgraded to
FlexNet, myself. BPQ is no longer supported and is rapidly becoming
obsolete. FlexNet is still developing and improving, and is already a decade
or so ahead of 'BPQ anyway in it's functionality and performance. That gap
can only grow wider with time, making 'BPQ a poor choice for a BBS SYSOP
getting set up right now.
73 DE Charles Brabham,
N5PVL @ N5PVL.#NTX.TX.USA.NOAM
http://www.texoma.net/~n5pvl
>.
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:43:50 GMT
From: Oris <oris@dirtball.com>
Subject: Thief
gfbike wrote:
>
> I wanted to get the word out to all the sites about a thief by the name
> of Glen Verasso of
> Newark, Ohio. He entered into a trade agreement with me when he saw my
> listing of
> my Henry 2KD5 in one of the various ham sites, among which this was one.
> He offered to trade me an FT1000 (presumably an early one) for my Henry.
> This seemed like an odd, but certaily reasonable trade so I went for it.
> I carefully packed up the Henry in 3 boxes and sent it to him UPS, the
> same time he sent a package to me, again UPS. What I received today was
> a nicely wrapped box with three concrete blocks inside, total value
> about $1.50.
Be glad the guy wasn't somebody you could call a friend. I had something
simalar happen twice two different guys but both where so called
friends. Not anymore!
I hope you get some justice even if its just plain old poetic
justice.
73 from Oris
>.
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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 02:13:42 GMT
From: Rob Kling <rkling@home.com>
Subject: Why a TNC?
Thats like saying that embedded systems are useless because the
technology has been around for 20 years. TCP/IP has been around that
long too, so have modems. I wonder what he would call the bios on his
CPU. The TNC is a very efficient device and its fundamental design is
alive in all sorts of new technology. Moreover, it fits into the
client/server model very well. It is one of the few devices in amateur
radio that has a CPU. I think this guy is selling the BayCom type
modems. The only reason I think you might want to use one would be cost.
Used PC's are so cheap and capable that you could turn them into a TNC
with a BayCom modem.
Alan - VE3NNM wrote:
>
> !From: svwindigo@aol.comH2O (SV Windigo)
> !Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc
> !Subject: Re: Why a TNC?
> !NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder03.news.aol.com
> !X-Admin: news@aol.com
> !Date: 17 Feb 1999 04:14:43 GMT
> !Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
> !Message-ID: <19990216231443.17872.00002662@ng-ba1.aol.com>
>
> >>From: W6RCecilA <w6rca@ibm.net>
>
> >>TNCs are 25 year old "technology".
>
>
> >Thanks for the reply. Any suggestions re software?
>
> > 73 chuck KF0LX
> > Happy Trails
> > chuck
> > S/V Windigo - Sitka, AK
>
> One of the best archives for BayCom software is at:
> ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/baycom/
>
> If you're interested in the TPK-flavor of Baycom, there is an older
> version than the one in the /baycom/ directory, but it has a few more
> files: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/terminal/tpk-bcom.zip
>
> As an alternative to BayCom, there are some packages that use the
> parallel port to interface to the TNC:
> ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/pmp/pmp11.zip
> ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/terminal/ezpkt200.zip
> PMP (Poor Man's Packet) doesn't have much in the way of features, but
> I ran an earlier version of EZPacket (v1.4) for a while, and thought
> it was OK. It uses the PMP-style of connection to the PC, so you can
> play with both software packages with the same interface connection.
> If I remember correctly, EZPacket could relocate the I/O adresses it
> used in order to work with a BayCom interface on the serial port.
>
> For another TNC emulator methood, try:
> ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/misc/tncemu10.zip
>
> If you want to experiment with higher speed no-TNC packet, you should
> visit:
> PE1NIB's page on the ON5DXL packet modem:
> http://www.qsl.net/pe1nib/index.html
> DL9RDZ's page on the ON5DXL packet modem:
> http://wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/user/hsreiser/hamradio/#dxl
>
> Here are some miscellaneous "no-TNC" URLs I had lying around:
> http://www.baycom.org/
> http://piment.ireste.fr/baycom/tech/
> ftp://ftp.qsl.net/pub/ra3atx/HAMRADIO/DIDGITAL/BAYCOM/
> http://www.tigertronics.com/
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Foothills/5593/
> http://www.muenster.de/~welp/sb.htm
> http://www.forthnet.gr/sv2agw/
> http://www.deskmedia.com/~jjeffers/packet/soundmodem/ptt.html
>
> --
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> From the keyboard of Alan - VE3NNM (Kenora, ON, CANADA)
> email: ve3nnm AT excite DOT com
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