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TCP-Group Digest            Thu, 18 Mar 93       Volume 93 : Issue   74

Today's Topics:
                              k3mc kiss
                    TOPS networking cards (2 msgs)

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 22:22:22 PST
From: Bill Healy <healy@moriah.ee.unr.edu>
Subject: k3mc kiss
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu (tcp-group)

Where can I find the ROM code for the k3mc kiss code? I'm having problems
with TAPR 1.1.8 locking up or reseting back to default values.

Bill N8KHN
 healy@moriah.ee.unr.edu

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 11:42:14 -0500
From: cep4478@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.E. Piggott )
Subject: TOPS networking cards
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

>> I have a few of these cards that we gave up on as a networking solution.

>Support for the PC LocalTalk card in NOS is already available.  There is a
>packet driver for the card and the diffs to make NOS accept an AppleTalk
>class packet driver are also available

I don't think that's what he meant...if the board uses an 8530, then you
should be able to hook a modem and a radio to it, and throw away all the
appletalk support, just using the existing scc support.  I'm not sure
why you'd want to do this (as opposed to just getting a PI board, or
the like) UNLESS you've got a cheap enough source of these things to make
it worthwhile.

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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 15:15:08 HST
From: Antonio Querubin <tony@mpg.phys.hawaii.edu>
Subject: TOPS networking cards
To: cep4478@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.E. Piggott )

> >> I have a few of these cards that we gave up on as a networking solution.
> 
> >Support for the PC LocalTalk card in NOS is already available.  There is a
> >packet driver for the card and the diffs to make NOS accept an AppleTalk
> >class packet driver are also available
> 
> I don't think that's what he meant...if the board uses an 8530, then you
> should be able to hook a modem and a radio to it, and throw away all the
> appletalk support, just using the existing scc support.  I'm not sure
> why you'd want to do this (as opposed to just getting a PI board, or
> the like) UNLESS you've got a cheap enough source of these things to make
> it worthwhile.

I assumed that he wanted to run AX.25/TCP/IP over the localtalk card,
not appletalk.  The packet driver probably doesn't care very much what
protocol you dump in it's lap.  In either case, the packet driver
might require some mods anyway just to get the signalling right for
hookup to a radio and dump the need for a DDP/IP gateway.  And
it's faster/easier to recompile the packet driver numerous times
than hack on NOS driver internals. 

Tony

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