Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 04:30:13 PST
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Subject: TCP-Group Digest V93 #20
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TCP-Group Digest Wed, 20 Jan 93 Volume 93 : Issue 20
Today's Topics:
DK5SG-bbs for wampes please??
FAQ?
Future of NOS
Microsoft 7.0 & WG7J JNOS
N6GN Microwave Link Construction Info Sought
Packet driver for DRSI cards ?
RCS
Several minor things
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 93 05:49:57 UTC
From: g6phf@wg7j.ECE.ORST.EDU
Subject: DK5SG-bbs for wampes please??
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu
This may be the wrong group for this, but I think the ka9q-unix group
has dried up? and there are probably more listeneres on here with Unix.
I am looking for the DK5SG bbs software that I belive works with Wampes??
I have looked on Ucsd.edu, and cannot see it there. Also are there any usres
with ISC Unix, that are also runing Wampes??
Thanks in advance, Mike
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 17:53:36 EST
From: Khaled BOUAZIZ (IRSIT/TUNISIE) <bouaziz@spiky.rsinet.tn>
Subject: FAQ?
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu
Hello Networkers,
I am looking for the frequently asked questions (FAQ) to this list.
Can anyone help me to get them?
Thank you
Khaled
internet bouaziz@spiky.rsinet.tn
x400 <c=tn;a=ptt;p=irsit;o=tunis;ou=irsinet;s=bouaziz>
bitnet bouaziz@tnearn.bitnet
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 19:39:23 CST
From: jrc@brainiac.mn.org (Jeffrey Comstock)
Subject: Future of NOS
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu
In article <9301190034.AA0146@RELAY.WESTBORO.LEGENT.COM> you write:
>Steve Sampson writes -
>
>Well, frankly more than I want to prepend to this msg.
>
>I couldnt agree more, infact this is, in a vailed way, what "PMNOS" v2.0 will
>be. Specifically capitalizing on an object orientation. ie, you have nodes
>(stations) files and mail (specilized file). The object, no pun intended, is to
>move objects around. One can see this in OS/2, System 7 and Cairo(uSofts WPS).
I have toyed with this: Machine A is running KA9Q. Machine B is running
Sun PCNFS. Machine C is a unix box running mountd/nfsd and connected to
machine D, another machine running KA9Q. You may then NFS mount file systems
on C from B.
B ---ether/slip----> A -----radio waves-------> D ----ether/slip----->C
PC/PCNFS PC/KA9Q PC/KA9Q Sun/nfsd
Machine B could just as well be another Unix box instead of a PC. I have
done this too. I have also done it through gateways: Machine's D/C were
on totally different frequencies, and all the packets were routed through
a machine that had TCP/IP and RF on my frequency and the remote machines
frequencies.
The stuff you guy's are talking about isn't futuristic, I did all this
about two years ago. This doesn't work too good at 1200/VHF, but one
of the 9600/UHF weinersnitzels here in the Twin Cities told me they have
stuff NFS mounted all over the place up there, and everybody is using
NOS as a router.
--
Jeffrey R. Comstock
HOME jrc@brainiac.mn.org
CW -. .-. ----- -..
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 11:03:27 PST
From: "Jerzy Tarasiuk" <JT@zfja-gate.fuw.edu.pl>
Subject: Microsoft 7.0 & WG7J JNOS
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu
> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 19:50:17 PST
> Message-Id: <21120.aa6ed@aa6ed.ampr.org>
> I don't want to get into a debate as to which is the better compiler,
> Borland C++ 3.1 or Microsoft 7.0. I'm more concerned with the inability
> to compile JNOS or any other NOS version using the Microsoft 7.0
> product.
> Has NOS/JNOS developed into a compiler/vender specific application,
> and no longer has the ANSI standardization needed to transverse
> different compiler software platforms?
> Has anyone had success compiling WG7J JNOS 1.06++ using Microsoft 7.0???
> Once again, I'm not against Borland products, I'm more concerned about
> the trend of locking NOS/JNOS into being able to use ONLY Borland
> products.
I don't have MS C 7.0 and tried 6.0 only. One of problems is
setjmp/longjmp implementation - not suitable for multitasking.
In Borland products, they save/set all registers, including SS,
in MicroSoft C, they save/set few registers only, NOT including SS;
result is: all stacks must be in same segment or it will not work
unless we write Borland-compatible setjmp/longjmp for MS C or
something else to do task switch.
C standard tells the setjmp/longjmp were designed for non-local
jumps between functions rather than between tasks.
Does anyone know other reasons for MicroSoft cannot be used for NOS?
73's, JT
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 13:34:08 -0600
From: bob@ke9yq.ampr.org (Bob Van Valzah, ke9yq)
Subject: N6GN Microwave Link Construction Info Sought
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu
I'd like to build a few of the n6gn 2 Mbps 10 GHZ links described in the
ARRL handbook, but I'm having trouble understanding some of the
construction details for the preamp/transmitter board.
If anyone else has successfully built one of these links or knows an E-Mail
address for Glenn Elmore (n6gn himself), I'd like to correspond.
The return address above is an MX record reachable from the Internet.
73, Bob, ke9yq
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 1:36:49 MEZ
From: Morgan Wemanis <morgan@miljovet.miljo.gu.se>
Subject: Packet driver for DRSI cards ?
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu
Hello!
I'm looking for a packet driver to PC*PA DRSI card,
or replacement code in assembler for the
SCC drivern to KA9Q/PA0GRI NOS..
If there is, where can i FTP it ?
I'm trying to work 9600bps G3RUH with a old PC/XT 8MHz
with V30 processor , but the C-written SCC drivern
in NOS and my 8MHz PC/XT doesn't work in 9600bps..
(up to 7200bps it work just fine..)
I running BPQ v4.05 as a driver for the DRSI card right now,
and have packet driver in NOS to talk with the BPQ/ports.
This works, but not very good...
73 de Morgan/SM6TKY
Please reply to,
Internet: morgan@miljovet.miljo.gu.se
-or- Packet: sm6tky@sk6sa.o.swe.eu
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 11:11:33 +0200
From: Ari Husa <luru@stekt.oulu.fi>
Subject: RCS
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu
Hi!
I recently downloaded the latest NOS source (now in RCS files),
grabbed the latest RCS for DOS I could find and tried to make.
No such luck. Apparently there is a conflict between RCS convention of
using filenames like VERSION.C%V and the command processor's desire to
expand any %-sign-something to an environment variable? Or something,
in any case, make results in:
co mktl.c
co error: RCS\mktl.c: No such file or directory
I have an (empty besides makefile) source directory and below that an
RCS directory containing all the source files. As far as I could tell
from the RCS manual page, this is as it is supposed to be, no?
Now, I am new to RCS and I am sure there is something I am missing
here. Can someone help me out, please?
Luru
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 08:39:15 GMT
From: Alan Cox <iiitac@pyr.swan.ac.uk>
Subject: Several minor things
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu
1.) There have been several messages about things like 2MBps 10GHz links.
I was I have to admit looking more in the 56KBit range since I can't see
a PC coping with a 2MBps link at any speed. I'm looking for any recommendations
on books/papers on the subject that people have found useful. ESPECIALLY
working with NOS/NET since it's a bit hard to run a full service Linux
system at 1200 baud
PS: Reminds me G4KLX -> Im GW4PTS@GB7AKJ in case my packet mail doesnt
arrive.
2) I fiddled with the ka9q ax.25 code (oh foolish me), and accidentally
assumed an SABM frame is followed by no data. Strangely I was getting
crashes from a PK232 someone was using in conventional TNC mode which
was outputting 3 or 4 extra bytes on an SABM frame. Watching this TNC
in action it was also crashing any tiny-2 PMS it talked to in spectacular
style. Should those 4 bytes be there and if not what does the poor
victim of this pk232 need to do to stop it crashing things ?
Alan
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