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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 91 22:26:05 GMT
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Date: Tue,  1 Jan 91 04:30:08 PST
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TCP-Group Digest            Tue,  1 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   1

Today's Topics:
                    Administrivia - Happy New Year

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Date: Mon, 31 Dec 90 16:25:46 -0800
From: brian (Brian Kantor)
Subject: Administrivia - Happy New Year
To: dsp, info-hams, packet-radio, tcp-group

May you have peace, happiness, and prosperity in the new year.
	- Brian

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TCP-Group Digest            Wed,  2 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   2

Today's Topics:
                      Casting Pearls among Swine
                          NOS AX.25 Weirdo's
                    N Y State IP Addr coord change

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Date: Tue, 1 Jan 91 21:51:16 -0800
From: brian (Brian Kantor)
Subject: Casting Pearls among Swine
To: tcp-group

You know, it's messages like the following (found on our local BBS)
that cause me to despair that when we get the network built, will the
people even notice?
	- Brian

------fwd:
Date: 22 Dec 90 02:44
Message-ID: <999@KC7CG>
From: N7OO@KC7CG
To: ALL@ALLUS
Subject: The Truth about TCP/IP
Path: KB6GFT!N6KZB!KB6GVT!KB6JES!KB6RAA!KB6RAA!N8GTC!W7JHX ...

R:901221/1908mst 18554@NJ7P [Sierra Vista, AZ]

Now that the southwestern desert TCP wars are dying down (again), perhaps
it is time to examine why the use of TCP causes so much dissention within
the packet community.  Those using TCP are attracted to it because it offers
a variety of "applications", or perhaps because it seems to be the "in" thing
to do.  Indeed, the thought of handling large files through the network is
appealing.
 
Overlooked in the zeal of getting operational on TCP is the simple fact that
TCP was designed to operate on LAND LINE circuits of 9600 baud or greater!
Even at 9600 baud, some of the applications available within TCP just limp
along.  There is general agreement that on 1.2 megabit streams is where TCP
really reveals it's potential.
 
Contrast the desired TCP operational sceneario with the real world of our
typical 1200 baud multi-user radio packet links.  These links are comprised
of RF paths ranging from poor to good, of node radio TXD's ranging from .3
to .5 seconds, and of user populations varying from light keyboard activity
to heavy BBS usage.  Thruput studies (the actual rate at which data arrives
at a destination) indicates the typical VHF packet link has a thruput which
at best is agonyzingly slow and which typically is near zero!  Even when the
network is not loaded, thruput is inefficent when compared to a full duplex
land line link at the same baud rate.
 
Adding an IP node into this environment DOES NOT ENHANCE network operation!
IP nodes generally only serve the end user and even when idle, adds to the
network congestion.  This is because IP nodes want to be "known" by the
network so destination IP nodes can automatically route traffic to them.
Thus their sterile voices are appended to the overhead burden of node house-
keeping.  Added overhead which has no utility to the general user population
of the network.  Added overhead which competes with other user packets.
 
By far the heaviest network users are BBSes conducting traffic forwarding.
These are normally set up to do forwarding at certain times and in a connected
mode.  If the connection is broken, their transmissions cease until the
next scheduled time period.  During this quiet period, keyboarders have a
high probability of success of venturing out into the node network and
actually making an end connect to a destination.
 
IP nodes on the other hand, operate in the "unconnected" mode which usually
has no specific schedule.  The TCP operator can ready a large file (sometimes
exceeding several hundred K bytes), and go off to work knowing that his system
will attempt relentlessly to pass the file to it's destination in his absence.
Depending on network congestion, a large file may take a week or longer to
be passed.  While this is going on any downstream user, keyboarder or BBS,
may be subject to abrupt disconnection, depending upon the "health" of the
network.
 
In summary, TCP/IP when operating in it's intended environment has many
worthwhile features.  On our typically flaky RF node network links, TCP/IP is
NOT EFFICIENT and is DISRUPTIVE to the general packet community.  "If you run
a diesel locomotive down a cow path, don't be suprised if the cows get mad at
you!"  Everyone would be a winner if the energy expended on TCP/IP were instead
expended on improving our RF systems.
 
Flames to N7OO@NJ7P.AZ.USA.NA


Date: 31 Dec 90 23:36
Message-ID: <6406@KB6GFT>
From: WA4EGT@KB6GFT
To: ALL@ALLUS
Subject: TCP/IP vs. AX.25
Path: KB6GFT

I hope everyone  gets  a  chance  to  review  N7OO's  "The  Truth  about
TCP/IP."

It  should  also be noted that binary file transfers, one of the claimed
advantages of TCP/IP, is not exclusive to TCP/IP.  AX.25  can  transport
binary  data  (which  means  ANY  data),  I've  been doing it for over 2
years, as well as doing  multiple   connects,  and QSOing while a binary
transfer is in progress.  The BBS systems can forward  binary  files  as
well.  The end-user simply needs the right software.

In  reading  the  N7OO  review,  what  came  to  mind  was the following
analogy:

A  military contractor contemplates using assembly language to create
ROM code for some weapon, but a government official notes that all
software should now be written in ADA.  Yes, ADA does lots of stuff,
but completely unsuited to ROM code development.  In this case,
as in TCP/IP vs. AX.25, there are times when less is more.

I transfer  binary  files  using  Packet-GOLD  on  my  AEA  TNC and have
observed effective baud rates of up to 900+ baud on a 1200 baud  channel
using   AX.25.   Perhaps   we   can   have  some  statistics  on  TCP/IP
"efficiency" or some other  measures  to better quantify this, and other
"advantages" of TCP/IP that are presumably unavailable  without  TCP/IP.
Then developers and others can  begin  to add those features that are so
important to the TCP/IP community, but retaining  the  "lean  and  mean"
nature of smaller frames and existing networks, and TNC firmware.

There  are  a  number  of improvements that can be made in radio network
design and implementation  (dual  port  NET/ROM nodes vs. single port to
name one) a "selective  reject"  feature  in  AX.25,  dynamic  parameter
adjustments, etc. etc.

73 and have a great year.
Jeff

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Date: Tue, 01 Jan 91 10:55:38 CST
From: g4jec@g4jec.ampr.org (Chris Cox W0/G4JEC)
Subject: NOS AX.25 Weirdo's
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

Happy New Year everyone...

Here's a couple of weird ones, which I'd like to know if anyone else has been
experiencing.

Myself, and another local, Andy G1XRL, have been experiencing problems with
attached ax.25 tnc's.  There are two problems in particular.

1:  I happened to notice in the source that there is a new (I think) optional
parameter to the attach asy function to enable cts flow control.  However, it
only appears to work for the second (or perhaps the last) attached asy device.
If the option is enabled for certainly the first (and perhaps any attach asy
which isn't the last one) nothing seems to get sent to the tnc.  If the 'c'
parameter isn't used on the first attach, then that device communicates just
fine.  I can't verify if this only affects the first tnc, as I only have two to
play with.

2:  After some indeterminate uptime, possibly related to amount of activity on
the serial port channel, the port seems to lose the ability to send anything on
the channel.  Using a tnc2 clone (a G0BSX tnc2), the txdata LED comes on and 
stays on indefinitely.  Checking the asystat, the number of bytes in the sndq
increments appropriately, but nothing gets sent to the tnc.  In my case, this
happens on the port which does not have cts flow control enabled.  In Andy's
case, he does not use cts flow control on either port, so that doesn't seem to
be relevant.  The LED stays on even after rebooting the pc, and doesn't reset
itself until the pc is rebooted, AND NOS is restarted, and the attach asy line
in autoexec.net is executed.

The version of NOS we are now using is 901107a.  I have noticed that from the
asystat command, there has usually been a number of overuns on the port (about
10 or so).  Both ports are running at 9600 baud, currently both radios are
communicating at 1200 baud, although one should be soon running at 9600 baud,
although that is on the tnc which hasn't so far locked up.

Ideas anyone?

73's and Happy New Year...
                                   ttfn 
                               Chris W0/G4JEC

chrisc@moron.vware.mn.org   g4jec@g4jec.ampr.org   g4jec@g4jec.vware.mn.org

11th Hour Contest Group (North American Chapter)   Minneapolis, MN   EN34ju

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Date: Tue, 1 Jan 91 22:42:37 EST
From: robert l. foxworth <foxworth@bnlux0.bnl.gov>
Subject: N Y State IP Addr coord change
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

News about New York State IP Address Coordination.

I was at a local club meeting a couple of weeks ago. I had a copy of
amprhosts I downloaded from ucsd.edu and we were discussing the fact
that a number of recent assignments in our area had not been included
in the master list. One thing led to another and a local IP'er sent
mail to Norm, W2JUP, the local who has been NY State Coordinator
for the past 3 years. Norm has been busy with a number of things, is
not active on IP locally, and so on. As a result we decided between
us that since I am active on IP and have access to updating the
master list, downloading it, etc. that I would take over Norm's role
as NY State Coordinator. We have agreed that this is effective as of
today, 01 January 1991. Norm has given me the lists in his possession
as of this date. This step is viewed by all of us as a way to make
the process run better. There are no "hard feelings" involved in this
step. I emphasize that so as to forestall any possible misunderstanding,
recalling some of the events of last August.

The list of state coordinators that has been circulating on Usenet
has been inaccurate, as it pertains to NY state, for some time. The
fact of the matter is that NYC-LI addresses (44.68.1.x, 44.68.8.x,
44.68.16.x, 44.68.32,x etc.) are being assigned by Jim nq2d, who
lives in Sound Beach, LI NY. Jim has been doing this for something
over a year now. Jim does *not* have Internet/Usenet access. He is
a fulltime IP'er.

I believe that n2igu is assigning addresses in the Albany/ENY area
and that wa2wpi in Western upstate NY, and I also believe both of
them read Usenet and have access to internet.

The system, in Norm's view, was that each of the three would for-
ward their info to him and he in turn to ucsd. Somewhere in the
chain, the process seemed to either be breaking down or was being
bypassed. It doesn't really matter where, at this point. Also in
this area are the events leading to the creation of 44.69.x.x
addressing. This was never resolved fully as far as I know. With
two addresses listed in the database from ucsd in the 44.69 area,
it seems there is little interest up there in using this domain.

As of today - and I am trying like hell to AVOID making this
sound imperious, talking-downish, above-thou-ish or anything
like that - it does stand that, whatever "authority" or "juris-
diction" Norm had in this area is now been given to me by him.
So I think we first of all need to clarify where each of us stands
in this area, who is responsible for what, and what I need to do
to make sure that whomever wants an address is promptly given one,
and that the data is promptly forwarded to ucsd.

Some upstate ops have complained that the system has been very slow
to respond. This has been true. I hope that from now on that will no
longer be true, and I'll do what I can to make that so.

I'd like to hear from anyone reading this group who has an interest
in N Y State IP address assignment matters - I think this would
include n2igu, wa2wpi, wz2b and ka2nrc as well as wb6cyt, and I am
pretty sure they are all reading this group. Please correct me if
I am wrong. Jim, nq2d doesn't but he is local and I talk with him
directly. I don't know how to reach you all, and I may have overlooked
others, so I a bit reluctantly feel this is the best way to reach
everyone. Apologies for any wasted bandwidth. Tnx and 73, Bob k2euh
mail "foxworth@bnlux0.bnl.gov" or packet k2euh@kc2fd.ny.usa

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From tcpxxx Thu Jan  3 22:26:51 1991
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 91 22:26:42 GMT
Message-Id: <4110@G1YYH>
From: g1yyh@G1YYH (John Heaton)
Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp)
To: tcpxxx@G1YYH
Subject: TCP-Group Digest #003

Date: Thu,  3 Jan 91 04:30:11 PST
From: Advanced Amateur Radio Networking Group </dev/null@ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: TCP-Group@UCSD.Edu
Subject: TCP-Group Digest V91 #3
To: tcp-group-digest


TCP-Group Digest            Thu,  3 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   3

Today's Topics:
                  AX.25 Network Simulation (2 msgs)
              HF (SLOW) TCP/IP Experiment on 18.107 Mhz.
                              SS and AR
                       Status of Mac KA9Q Bits
                            TNC 1 Question

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Date: Wed, 2 Jan 91 10:14:06 -0800
From: brian (Brian Kantor)
Subject: AX.25 Network Simulation
To: packet-radio, tcp-group

Has anyone done any network simulation on a prototypical AX.25 network using
software tools like CACI's NETWORK or other network simulators?
	- Brian

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Date: Wed, 2 Jan 91 16:42:58 EST
From: mjj@stda.jhuapl.edu (Marshall Jose)
Subject: AX.25 Network Simulation
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

> Has anyone done any network simulation on a prototypical AX.25 network using
> software tools like CACI's NETWORK or other network simulators?

Brian,

I attempted to use NOS as the engine for an AX.25 (& higher) network
simulation earlier last year as a school project.  While not able to
employ the wonderful network simulation analyzers out there, I was
able to successfully hack the pktdrvr.c code to simulate the effects
of distance, collisions, capture, and link margin.

The project was a flop since NOS appears to be bad at pretending to
be several independent TNCs.  I wasn't able to find a way to cut
the "corpus callosum", as it were, in NOS such that it wouldn't know
about its other nodes.

If somebody out there knows how that might be done, I'd happy to pass on
to you the work I did.


Marshall Jose  WA3VPZ
mjj%stda@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu  ||  ...mimsy!aplcen!aplvax!mjj

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Date: Wed, 2 Jan 91 23:14:06 MST
From: John Hays SEC --- SLC <hays@hpuslua.nsr.hp.com>
Subject: HF (SLOW) TCP/IP Experiment on 18.107 Mhz.
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

Hi All,

I mentioned before the holidays a desire to experiment with NOS over HF Packet.

I recieved a piece of mail from a chap in Alberta who is interested in 30
Meters.  I have a terrible TVI problem on 30 but am willing to run short 
tests.

However, over the holiday vacation (about 11 days, thanks HP), I started 
playing with 17 Meters.  I found to my joy and suprize another NOS (G1EMM)
user on 18.105 Mhz. in W7GHM [44.24.0.29] located in Oak Harbor?, WA --- 
Despite repeated power outages in the Seattle area due to bad weather we
successfully operated IP (SMTP/TELNET/FTP/RIP/RSPF) between our stations
and provided gateway service to our respective LANs, I even recieved some
SMTP mail from old friends from my NAPRA days.  On our last day of operation
we agreed to use 18.107 (LSB) as our frequency, as there is a pretty active
AX.25 net on 18.105 --- I would like to invite any others who would like
to experiment to join us on 18.107 (My station will be up days that I am
home, sometimes I work at home during the week so give a try.) or you can
try 10.123 Mhz. at night with W7GHM and possibly myself (try 10.145/7 as 
alternate) --- 300 baud standard.

My IP address is [44.40.1.3] on HF and the local lan / I also run [44.40.15.1]
on UHF backbone here. HF Netrom is UTAH:KD7UW --- On rare occasions the Unix
box is on the home ethernet to the XT doing the radios.  Telnet to 'ender'
from the MBOX ... [44.40.1.12] --- I will send password info to those who don't
guess :)

RIP and RSPF are active.

John
KD7UW
hays@hpuslua.nsr.hp.com

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Date: 02 Jan 91 18:43:23 EST
From: Dewayne Hendricks WA8DZP <75210.10@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: SS and AR
To: <tcp-group@ucsd.edu>

Kevin, N6RCE writes:

>>     Maybe I should post the whole story of what we're about here soon to
>>clear up things a bit....
>
>Do as you see the need Dewayne.

     There are several efforts here in the SF Bay Area which are trying to
develop some sort of high-speed packet network.  The one I'm associated with is
the local Apple Macintosh crowd.  We are looking for some sort of hardware
which will give us at least a LocalTalk speed network (230.4 kbps) which we
will us with the System 7 based tcp/ip for the Macintosh we have in
development.  To that end, we have been looking at various commerical products
to see if they meet our requirements and if not determine if they could be
modified to do so.
     Wireless networking is a hot topic with a number of commercial firms these
days.  A number of companies have units which operate under the FCC Part 15
rules which don't require a license.  To make a long story short, after looking
at several of these products we selected a company called Proxim in Mt. View,
CA to examine further.  Proxim has several spread spectrum (SS) products which
operate in the 902-928 MHz band with output power of either 100 mw or 1 watt. 
By "products" I mean they sell units on an OEM basis for companies to integrate
into their own products (note: they just announced an end-user product of their
own, a 241 kbps rf modem).
     We obtained an evaulation kit from them and have packaged them and
developed support for them in the Macintosh version of the KA9Q bits.  We have
been running various tests to see how well they function and the maximum range
we can get with the 1 watt units.  To date we have been able to get a range of
2.3 mi by using yagi antennas.  The units we have been using have a top speed
of 121 kbps.  We have been doing all of our testing at 19.2 kbps.  Our intent
right now is to mod the units in various ways in order to get the maximum range
possible out of them.  These mods will move them out of the Part 15 arena and
into the world of Part 97.  We have been working closely with Proxim and our
hope is that after all of this testing and evaulation effort, we will be able
to get them to produce some units which will meet our final set of
requirements.

>
>>LANs aren't WANs or even MANs.
>>
>>N6RCE
>>
>>>>Now I've got to make up some yagi antennas and see if I can make it
>>
>>At least people are hearing the message that omni-to-omni is wasteful.
>>
>>     You seem to be replying to both Russ Nelson's and my postings here. 
>>
>I did cut a line from Russ's posting, but you also indicated you were planning
>on using directional antenna's.
>
>The comment about LANS, etc and Yagi's aren't directly related.  One of the
>things Glenn has been trying to point out for (ever) is how wasteful
>omni-to-omni is on spectrum usage within digital packet radio for AR.
>
>It seems like you and Russ are discovering experimentally what Glenn has been
>trying to explain therotically for some time.  Which I'm glad is happenning.

     I agree with Glenn's position in general.  However, I feel that there are
certain "mission" specific requirements where omni-to-omni is the best choice. 
For those of you who are not familiar with Glenn N6GN's et al thoughts, I
suggest that you read their excellant paper in the proceedings of the 9th ARRL
Computer Networking Conference which is available from ARRL HQ.

>It's hard to explain the last years of tinkering and thinking, but some of the
>things worth noting include:
>
>1)  Radio receivers intended to work in LAN environment ( 50-200 ft)
>    don't have to be as sensitive as receivers for MANs or even WANS.
>    Those PROXIMs work to about -40dBm.  The units Glenn put together
>    so far work down to about -75dBm.  That HT on your belt goes down
>    to -110 dBm ( ignoring or lumping a few Ktb's in).

     Thanks for pointing this out.  You are correct that the Proxim units were
designed for the LAN environment.  The units which I am now playing with work
at -90 dBm.
     Proxim now realizes that they made a mistake in their product design.  It
seems that the prospective OEM's they encounter these days want more range out
of the product then they have been able to obtain.  OEM's seem to be wanting a
WAN product from Proxim and not a LAN.  This was one of the first things their
VP of Sales brought up when we started talking to them.  BTW, Proxim's stuff is
now being used by Nynex and NCR.

>2)  Ethernet ( CSMA/CD ) has a built-in slot time.  The major contributor
>    to the upper bound on slot-time is propogation delay.  What happens
>    with the proxim units when you get a large number of users going?

     That is another good issue.  That was the second problem out of the mouth
of the VP.  They haven't figured out a solution for that one either.  For now,
we will be ingnoring that issue.  It will have to be readdressed again later.

>3)  Frequency re-use and coordination.  Right now, 902 Mhz is pretty
>    much unused, so there is plenty of room for us all to experiment.
>    However, since SS isn't channelized, your either going to have to
>    develop a protocol to handle 500+ hams all on the same chipping
>    sequence, or issue spreading sequences per group.  Again, 
>    coordination and cooperation is going to be the real problems,
>    rather than get the technology to work.

     I can't agree with you more.  We are really going to need better
coordination and cooperation in amateur packet radio then there has been (at
least in Northern CA) to get this type of technology into service in the
amateur community.  Proxim has addressed the channel problem somewhat by
implementing switchable channels as part of their design.  It won't however be
able to handle the case where there are 500+ hams using these units.

>Dewayne, these comments aren't mean't at flames at all.  I'm am very glad
>you and Russ are experimenting in this direction.  AR doesn't need just
>one solution or everyone going in the same direction.  

     I didn't take this to be a 'flame' on your part.  You raised a number of
very good points.  I hope that what we are doing will complement the efforts of
you and Glenn, et al.  Right now, I am looking our for the needs of my
Macintosh  tcp/ip community.  With the code that we will be shipping this year,
we will need all of the speed we can get in order to run Macintosh applications
across the network.
     Two of the things that AR has been good at over the years is 1) finding
and applying commercial products to the ham radio environment and 2) cost
reducing those products in unique ways to suit the needs of the ham pocketbook.
     As I said earlier, there is a lot of new hardware out there these days to
do high-speed networking.  The commercial amateur packet firms are just now
starting to come out with products which will move us from 1200 bps to 19.2
kpbs.  If we can adapt/utilitize this other hardware which has been already
been designed for low-cost mass production to amateur packet radio, then it
will be a big "win" for everyone!

>With the advent of no-code, we will find the issues you present of
>higher power SS units an increasing reality.  If we aren't to become
>a complete computer-CB band then we must think about the issues of
>building a MAN or WAN ( depending if you live in the Bay Area or
>Wichita, Kansas).

     Right on!!!  It will be a real challenge and I feel that amateur radio can
make some real contributions here.

>However, I'm not sure technology designed for the LAN world can be 
>adapted to the MAN world and not create a mess.

     You may be right of course.  We shall see.  In any event, could it be any
worse then the "mess" that exists now? :-)

>GL and I'm looking forward to hearing the results of your work.

     Likewise!!  I will be posting updates to the group as things develop.


73's
-- Dewayne WA8DZP
Internet: 75210.10@@compuserve.com      

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Date: 02 Jan 91 17:31:08 EST
From: Dewayne Hendricks WA8DZP <75210.10@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: Status of Mac KA9Q Bits
To: <tcp-group@ucsd.edu>

     I thought that it was time to update all interested parties in the status
of the Apple Macintosh version of the KA9Q Internet Protocol Package and
upcoming developments which relate to it.

     The current release, version 2.0 was released last year at the Dayton
Hamvention. It has been widely distributed and is available from many sources. 
This version is based upon the last public release of NET although it does have
some NOS features.  The function and features of this release are documented in
an article which appeared in the October, 1989 issue of "73 Magazine" and the
proceedings of the 8th ARRL Computer Networking Conference (CNC).
     This version is available for ftp from apple.com in the pub/ham-radio
directory.  The file names you should pick up are:

BM-Mac2.sit.hqx    -    Object of the BM Mailer
BM-Mac2.src.sit.hqx -   THINK C source code for BM
Net-Mac2.sit.hqx   -    Object of NET
Net-Mac2.src.sit.hqx -  THINK C source code for NET

The files are binhex'ed and packed with StuffIt Deluxe.  If you don't have that
commercial product, be sure to pick up the public domain UnStuffIt Deluxe in
the same folder, under the name UnstufitDlx.hqx.

     Are current plans are to due one more release of the NET based version. 
This release will fix all bugs that we are aware of and had a number of
features which have been requested by our users.  An article which describes
this release appears in the proceedings of the 9th ARRL CNC.  The current plan
is to have this version ready to go in time for the next Dayton Hamvention in
'91.  However, in order to get as much feedback on this release as possible
from our users, we have posted and will continue to post on apple.com the
latest development versions so that anyone interested can give them a try and
inform us of any problems.  The current development versions are named as
follows:

BM-Mac2.1D1.sit.hqx    -    Object of development version of BM Mailer
Net-Mac2.1D1.sit.hqx   -    Object of development version of NET/Mac

We do not plan to post the source code until the time of final release. 
However, if anyone really wants it, all they have to do is ask.  As we post new
versions, I will post a note announcing this to the tcp-group.  If you
encounter any problems with a development release, please contact me at the
email addresses below or use my smail address.  The files described above are
also available from the Digikron landline BBS at (408) 253-1309 for those of
you without Internet ftp capability.

     As I said above, this will be the last release for the Macintosh done by
us based upon NET.  Further, we do not plan to offer a port NOS to the
Macintosh.  Instead, we are in the process of developing a new ground up
package that will conform to the requirement of the upcoming System 7 operating
system and the Communications ToolBox (CTB).  This new support will consist of
a CTB tool that will implement the function required to extend AppleTalk over a
packet radio network and allow Macintosh applications to function as they would
over an AppleTalk network (ie LocalTalk, EtherTalk, etc.).  This new tool in
addition will be able to interoperate with any NOS implementation.
     This code is now under development and test here in Northern California.
We plan to make it available whenever Apple decides to ship System 7 to the
world at large.  The last we heard was that this is expected to happen
"sometime in the first half of '91".  We will be reporting more on this work as
it becomes available.  We will be writing a paper on the work for the 10th ARRL
CNC this fall.

     If anyone out there is interested in developing a version of NOS for the
Macintosh, I would be happy to help out in any way I can.  I did a port last
year for my own purposes, so I am quite familiar with the issues and problems
involved in such an effort.

     My thanks to all of you out there who have supported this effort over the
last several years.  Your encourgment and feedback have been most appreciated.

73's
-- Dewayne Hendricks WA8DZP
Internet: 75210.10@@compuserve.com
AppleLink: D6547
Smail: 43730 Vista Del Mar
       Fremont, CA 94539-6250 

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 2 Jan 91 20:17:37 EST
From: Scott R. Weis KB2EAR <kb2ear!kb2ear@rutgers.edu>
Subject: TNC 1 Question
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

I have an AEA PKT-1 that I would like to put on TCP/IP. Is there any way
I can put kiss roms in it?

Tnx,
-- 
Scott R. Weis KB2EAR
A.R.E.S. Coordinator South Brunswick NJ
Internet:	kb2ear@kb2ear.UUCP
Packet:		KB2EAR @ NN2Z.NJ.USA.NA
Snail Mail:	10 Palmer Rd., Kendall Park NJ, 08824-1228
Phone:		+1 908 297 0469
Pager:		+1 908 954 0215
UUCP:	kb2ear Any ACU 9600 1-908-297-8713 in:-BREAK-in:-BREAK-in: nuucp
Radio:		440.800 +5 MHz, 141.3 Hz PL

------------------------------

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******************************
From tcpxxx Tue Jan  8 23:03:18 1991
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 91 23:02:40 GMT
Message-Id: <4214@G1YYH>
From: g1yyh@G1YYH (John Heaton)
Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp)
To: tcpxxx@G1YYH
Subject: TCP-Group Digest #004

Date: Fri,  4 Jan 91 04:30:11 PST
From: Advanced Amateur Radio Networking Group </dev/null@ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: TCP-Group@UCSD.Edu
Subject: TCP-Group Digest V91 #4
To: tcp-group-digest


TCP-Group Digest            Fri,  4 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   4

Today's Topics:
                      Arlan 450 antenna troubles
                         ax.25 packet driver
        Lex data terminals connect TCP/IP networks with radio
                      mail address for k8ka/nk6k
                            NOS and SYS V 
                     nos and the toshiba T1000SE
                              SS and AR
                  SS and AR -> proxim units (2 msgs)

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----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Thu Jan  3 13:54:02 1991
From: nelson@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu
Subject: Arlan 450 antenna troubles
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

Hi.  A few people were interested in hearing how I'm getting along with
pushing the limits of an Arlan 450.  Well, my boss got back from vacation,
and choked when he saw my yagis.  Seems that you can't build them on a
PC board (even unclad) without changing the tuning.  Sigh.  So we're going
to try again, this time reading (and following) the ARRL Antenna handbook.
-russ

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Jan 91 14:08:48 CST
From: g4jec@g4jec.ampr.org (Chris Cox W0/G4JEC)
Subject: ax.25 packet driver
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

Further to my message I sent to the group on Tuesday regarding the asy device
send lockups, I decided to try using the slip8250 packet driver today, rather
than the internal attach asy method.  I tried both "KISS" and "AX.25" for the
device mode, but I couldn't get either to work with NOS.  Incidentally, execut-
ing the slip8250.com file for my tnc's causes the same symptoms as when the 
attached asy device eventually locks-up - i.e. the pc->tnc tx data LED comes on
and then stays on, as soon as the slip8250 command is executed.  Unplugging the
rs232 cable from the tnc does not cause the LED to go out, however, a hard-resetof the tnc does.

Apart from that particular problem, any packets that the tnc receives when it
is being driven by the packet driver appear as garbage to NOS.  Turning trace
on for the port shows up the data as either having an ax25 "bad header", or 
some illegal kiss code (152 seemed frequent).

Has anyone at all experienced the problem I described in the preceding message,
and/or successfully used the Clarkson slip8250 packet driver with a kiss tnc2?

In case anyone missed my previous posting, I am most willing to either send the
message to anyone who would like it, or alternatively I will repost it to the
group if it never made it!  It's i.d. was <4271@g4jec.ampr.org>.

Thanks in advance for any comments/assistance...

73's
                                   ttfn 
                               Chris W0/G4JEC

chrisc@moron.vware.mn.org   g4jec@g4jec.ampr.org   g4jec@g4jec.vware.mn.org

11th Hour Contest Group (North American Chapter)   Minneapolis, MN   EN34ju

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 2 Jan 91 16:10:38 EST
From: Russ Nelson <nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Subject: Lex data terminals connect TCP/IP networks with radio
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

The Sun-Observer-Europe has a new product announcement:

   Data terminals that link by radio frequency directly with mainframe
TCP/IP networks have been launched by industrial communications
company Lex Concessionaires.
    Lex supplies wireless LXE radio data terminals to allow shopfloor
operators to communicate with a host computer with little or no
software changes in installation, according to David Howe, company
spokesperson.
    The LXE network controller board provides an interface compatible
with Sun.
    The radio terminals have an average system capable of over 10,000
computer updates an hour, according to Howe.
    Communicatio0n between LXE wireless terminals and other networks
can be carried out by industry-standard TCP/IP Telnet protocol.

Sheesh!  They certainly managed to avoid giving out any pertinent details
in *that* press release...
-russ

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 4 Jan 91 9:44:08 MET
From: Rob Janssen (PE1CHL) <cmgit!rob@relay.EU.net>
Subject: mail address for k8ka/nk6k
To: hp4nl!tcp-group@relay.EU.net (TCP/IP interest group)

Hello,

Does anybody have a valid and working mail address for G0/K8KA and/or NK6K?
I have sent some messages to their compuserve address
(71635.1174@compuserve.com) but never received a reply.

Rob PE1CHL

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Jan 91 16:55:49 PST
From: beacker@mips.com (Bradley Eacker)
Subject: NOS and SYS V 
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

     Doug has inspired me.  I have gone and gotten a copy of the 11/28
version of nosnix from sics.se.  I have it up and functioning in a
reasonable fashion on 2 different SYS V machines (Altos 5.2 and Mips
5.3). It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but it does ftp and
ping.  I have not tried the telnet yet, and have not had anyone ping
into the machine (yet).  It does seem relatively stable.
     I will be trying to add some of the things that Anders has mentioned
in his work (fingerd, telnetd, ftpd, etc.).  My main goal will be to have
this be a setup and forget kind of operation, with multiple mailbox
connections on the same channel (no problem with multiple processes for the
mailbox).  I have to send Anders a set of patches for the sys5 stuff
that I had to add.
     If there is interest in this I will go ahead and make it available
on thumper.  As you can see from the couple of machines that I have been
using it on, it does not rely on anything out of the ordinary.
             Brad Eacker (beacker@mips.com  KB6FED)

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Jan 91 18:29:48 EST
From: Edward Vielmetti <emv@ox.com>
Subject: nos and the toshiba T1000SE
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

Hi.  I've seen problems here using the 901130 version of NOS with
the Toshiba T1000SE.  The short description of the problem is: 

- starts up OK
- prints a prompt, gives help
- 20 or 30 seconds later (or immediately after a ps), machine hangs.

When you reboot, the Toshiba "HardRam" ram disk is corrupted, and it needs
to be reformatted :-(.

Anyone who is successfully running with a T1000SE laptop, let me in on
your secrets.

--Ed
emv@ox.com

------------------------------

Date: 03 Jan 91 13:35:22 EST
From: Dewayne Hendricks WA8DZP <75210.10@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: SS and AR
To: <tcp-group@ucsd.edu>

     Below is an excerpt of a posting I made to the group yesterday:

>>It's hard to explain the last years of tinkering and thinking, but some of
>>the things worth noting include:
>>
>>1)  Radio receivers intended to work in LAN environment ( 50-200 ft)
>>    don't have to be as sensitive as receivers for MANs or even WANS.
>>    Those PROXIMs work to about -40dBm.  The units Glenn put together
>>    so far work down to about -75dBm.  That HT on your belt goes down
>>    to -110 dBm ( ignoring or lumping a few Ktb's in).
>
>     Thanks for pointing this out.  You are correct that the Proxim units were
>designed for the LAN environment.  The units which I am now playing with work
>at -90 dBm.

Upon reviewing this posting, Mike Chepponis K3MC, who is a part of this effort,
made the following comments to me which I thought were important to post:

Only _minor, minor_ thing is -90dBm figure; basically that is the value that
the detector begins to work (I believe).  I would think that this figures are
comparing apples & oranges.  In particular, if Glenn's radios do -75 dBm, then
the Proxim radios *certainly* do no better than -60 dBm or so (***if that***).
This is because I have a diagram of Glenn's radio, and it is a very carefully
engineered radio & front end, etc.  That is, -75 dBm is damn near state-of-the
art for a 250 kbit/sec data rate.  So the problem with Proxim's numbers vs
Glenn's numbers is that they must be comparing different things; they way the
numbers are now suggest that Glenn's radios are deaf, when, in fact, we know
that the Proxim boxes could use a system noise figure reduction.

     I hope that clarifies the earlier posting a bit for those who are
interested.

-- Dewayne WA8DZP
Internet: 75210.10@@compuserve.com

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Jan 91 10:35:09 PST
From: Kevin J. Rowett <kevinr@suntan.tandem.com>
Subject: SS and AR -> proxim units
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

>Date: 02 Jan 91 18:43:23 EST
>From: Dewayne Hendricks WA8DZP <75210.10@CompuServe.COM>
>Subject: SS and AR
>To: <tcp-group@ucsd.edu>
>

 [...]
>been running various tests to see how well they function and the maximum range
>we can get with the 1 watt units.  To date we have been able to get a range of
>2.3 mi by using yagi antennas.  

>>
>>    don't have to be as sensitive as receivers for MANs or even WANS.
>>    Those PROXIMs work to about -40dBm.  

[...]

>
>     Thanks for pointing this out.  You are correct that the Proxim units were
>designed for the LAN environment.  The units which I am now playing with work
>at -90 dBm.
>     Proxim now realizes that they made a mistake in their product design.  It

[...]

>73's
>-- Dewayne WA8DZP
>Internet: 75210.10@@compuserve.com      

Humm.. Someone's calculator is broken.

Over your 2.3 mile test path, PL could be estimated at 104dB.
( 37 + 20 log distance + 20 log frequency ).

I understood the Yagi you used to have 18 dBi on one end
and 12 dBi on the other end. Add to this your stated power
output of 1 watt (30dBm) I get a total of 60 dBm ERP.

This leads to a input power of -44 dBm, which must be the
sensitivity of the units.  You've used the free air as
a graduated (very fine ) step attenuator.

N6RCE

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Jan 91 14:59:10 cst
From: gerry@n5jxs.jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: SS and AR -> proxim units
To: kevinr@suntan.tandem.com

..Strange, I get -107 dB path loss...What's 3dB among friends, anyway?

------------------------------

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******************************
From tcpxxx Tue Jan  8 23:03:34 1991
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 91 23:03:24 GMT
Message-Id: <4216@G1YYH>
From: g1yyh@G1YYH (John Heaton)
Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp)
To: tcpxxx@G1YYH
Subject: TCP-Group Digest #005

Date: Sat,  5 Jan 91 04:30:09 PST
From: Advanced Amateur Radio Networking Group </dev/null@ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: TCP-Group@UCSD.Edu
Subject: TCP-Group Digest V91 #5
To: tcp-group-digest


TCP-Group Digest            Sat,  5 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   5

Today's Topics:
                               isat ???
                      KA9Q Net/NOS Availability
                       NOS and SYS V  (2 msgs)
                      NOS memory leak identified
                       TCP-Group Digest V91 #2

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We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text
herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
policies or positions of any party.  Your mileage may vary.  So there.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Fri, 4 Jan 91 7:00:49 EST
From: Scott R. Weis KB2EAR <kb2ear!kb2ear@rutgers.edu>
Subject: isat ???
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

Can someone please tell me what the isat command is? Can I use it on a
286?

Tnx,
-- 
Scott R. Weis KB2EAR
A.R.E.S. Coordinator South Brunswick NJ
Internet:	kb2ear@kb2ear.UUCP
Packet:		KB2EAR @ NN2Z.NJ.USA.NA
Snail Mail:	10 Palmer Rd., Kendall Park NJ, 08824-1228
Phone:		+1 908 297 0469
Pager:		+1 908 954 0215
UUCP:	kb2ear Any ACU 9600 1-908-297-8713 in:-BREAK-in:-BREAK-in: nuucp
Radio:		440.800 +5 MHz, 141.3 Hz PL

------------------------------

Date: 4 Jan 91 16:15:00 CST
From: "Suresh Kagoo" <skagoo@memstvx1.memst.edu>
Subject: KA9Q Net/NOS Availability
To: "tcp-group" <tcp-group@ucsd.edu>

	I am quite new to Packet Radio. I have been reading about KA9Q's TCP/IP
for IBM Compatibles. I would like to find out where I can FTP a Beginers 
Package of the NET/NOS. Also need to get an IP address (AMPR) coordinated for 
Memphis, Tennessee. 

Thanks In advance.

Suresh

***********************************************************************
Suresh Kagoo                      Internet: Skagoo@memstvx1.memst.edu
Academic Computer Services        Suresh.Kagoo@f16.n123.z1.Fidonet.Org
Memphis State University          Bitnet  : SKAGOO@MEMSTVX1
Memphis, Tennessee                Amateur Radio : N9GSA/ 4S7???
                                  FIDONET : 1:123/16
               
                 "Sri Lanka a taste of Paradise"
***********************************************************************

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 4 Jan 91 09:03 CST
From: quack@pueblo.att.com
Subject: NOS and SYS V
To: pueblo!att!nn2z!tcp-group-relay@ucsd.edu (Bradley Eacker),

Brad,

Sounds real nice.   Sure I would be interested.....

Thanks,
Jim

======================================================

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 03 Jan 91 16:55:49 PST
From: beacker@mips.com (Bradley Eacker)
Subject: NOS and SYS V 
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

     Doug has inspired me.  I have gone and gotten a copy of the 11/28
version of nosnix from sics.se.  I have it up and functioning in a
reasonable fashion on 2 different SYS V machines (Altos 5.2 and Mips
5.3). It doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but it does ftp and
ping.  I have not tried the telnet yet, and have not had anyone ping
into the machine (yet).  It does seem relatively stable.
     I will be trying to add some of the things that Anders has mentioned
in his work (fingerd, telnetd, ftpd, etc.).  My main goal will be to have
this be a setup and forget kind of operation, with multiple mailbox
connections on the same channel (no problem with multiple processes for the
mailbox).  I have to send Anders a set of patches for the sys5 stuff
that I had to add.
     If there is interest in this I will go ahead and make it available
on thumper.  As you can see from the couple of machines that I have been
using it on, it does not rely on anything out of the ordinary.
             Brad Eacker (beacker@mips.com  KB6FED)

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 3 Jan 91 23:57:28 EST
From: mitel!Software!perryd@uunet.UU.NET (Dave Perry)
Subject: NOS memory leak identified
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

Hi folks,
Somewhere between the 900828 version and the 901128 version there was 
a bug introduced in dirutil.c.  In the function dodir(), the argv 
parameter for the call to domore() is dynamically allocated.  In the
old version, this was freed by calling freeargs, and in the new version
the call is missing.  The result is that you get 2 more mallocs than
frees every time you get a directory listing.  I suspect that this
is related to the fact that newproc() now has a flag as one of its
parameters to specify whether arguments should be freed on termination
of the process. The problem is, in this case the command is not 
associated with  new process, only a new session.

We're not talking about much memory here, but every little bit helps :-)
Dave

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 4 Jan 91 16:34:53 PST
From: microme!mikeh@ism.isc.com (Michael L. Hasenfratz)
Subject: TCP-Group Digest V91 #2
To: TCP-Group@UCSD.Edu

	Date: Tue, 1 Jan 91 21:51:16 -0800
	From: brian (Brian Kantor)
	Subject: Casting Pearls among Swine
	To: tcp-group

	You know, it's messages like the following (found on our local BBS)
	that cause me to despair that when we get the network built, will the
	people even notice?
		- Brian
--- Much 'GARBAGE' deleted ---

Brian,
	Take heart! Some of us can't wait to get the TCP/IP network running.
Besides, He probably was'nt able to get NET running on his C64 anyway. ;-)

Michael Hasenfratz - WA6FXT

------------------------------

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******************************
From tcpxxx Tue Jan  8 23:03:44 1991
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 91 23:03:37 GMT
Message-Id: <4218@G1YYH>
From: g1yyh@G1YYH (John Heaton)
Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp)
To: tcpxxx@G1YYH
Subject: TCP-Group Digest #006

Date: Sun,  6 Jan 91 04:30:13 PST
From: Advanced Amateur Radio Networking Group </dev/null@ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: TCP-Group@UCSD.Edu
Subject: TCP-Group Digest V91 #6
To: tcp-group-digest


TCP-Group Digest            Sun,  6 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   6

Today's Topics:
                           Memory problems
                            NOS and SYS V

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herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
policies or positions of any party.  Your mileage may vary.  So there.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Sat, 5 Jan 91 9:00:49 PST
From: Pete Carah <ames!elroy!grian!puffin!pete>
Subject: Memory problems
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

I see memory problems both in an old KA9Q version (900810) that I'm actually
using right now, and kh113014 (worse).  The setup is that I'm using both
of these as ethernet terminals to talk to a unix box, with no radios
attached (though radio is configured in both packages).

Primary symptom is that on a telnet session, if the unix box outputs a lot
without any input from the user, the ka9q package locks up and needs to be
rebooted (sometimes it will restart from "exit" then "net", but I don't trust
it).  Since this leaves a session hanging on the unix box it isn't too great.
This occurs on both versions.

The g1emm version also has a bug in ftp that isn't in the older ka9q version,
the older one gets about 20k bytes/sec in image mode (slow but tolerable),
while the g1emm gets 4K bytes/sec at best.  The old one stays that way forever,
but the g1emm one transfers about 400-500K then drops to about 1.5k bytes/sec.
If one does a mem st at this point, one finds yellow garbage collects and lots
of Ibuf fails.

Hardware and driver setup is Clarkson driver (v7 I think) with wd8003e board.

-- Pete (K6JRR)
   pete@puffin.uucp   (grian!puffin!pete@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov for those without
			uucp routers)

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 5 Jan 91 12:38:54 -0800
From: teeter!bobt@ism.isc.com (Bob Teeter)
Subject: NOS and SYS V
To: ism!beaker@mips.com, ism!microme!mikeh, ism!quack@pueblo.att.com

I have had the code base from anders for a while and have found that it
works fine.  It just has one fault, no smtp and no console functionality.
I have cut in the console functions but haven't finished the smtp yet.
I have been working with about 8 hams at my work(Interactive Systems, the
386 UNIX people) and several others to get the code base finished for NOS
working correctly under UNIX(multi-process).  If you are interested the
code base I posted on thumper.bellcore.com for the NET version is there and
I would be happy to put my NOS version there also.  As I said all it is 
missing is the smtp code to have all the functionality of NET.

Bob Teeter - N6XJJ

------------------------------

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******************************
From tcpxxx Tue Jan  8 23:03:54 1991
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 91 23:03:47 GMT
Message-Id: <4220@G1YYH>
From: g1yyh@G1YYH (John Heaton)
Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp)
To: tcpxxx@G1YYH
Subject: TCP-Group Digest #007

Date: Mon,  7 Jan 91 04:30:09 PST
From: Advanced Amateur Radio Networking Group </dev/null@ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: TCP-Group@UCSD.Edu
Subject: TCP-Group Digest V91 #7
To: tcp-group-digest


TCP-Group Digest            Mon,  7 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   7

Today's Topics:
                               isat ???
                            NOS and SYS V
                            PC-elm source.
                      TNC-1 in 300 bps KISS mode

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herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official
policies or positions of any party.  Your mileage may vary.  So there.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Sun, 6 Jan 91 20:45:08 UTC
From: karn@ka9q.bellcore.com (Phil Karn)
Subject: isat ???
To: kb2ear!kb2ear@rutgers.edu, tcp-group@ucsd.edu

The "isat" command specifies whether the system has the Intel 8254 timer
chip used in the AT and later model PCs and PC clones. This is distinguished
from the 8253 chip used on the original PC and the XT.

I recently enhanced the timer routines to get resolution better than one
tick, but I could only make it work on the 8254 chip. Unfortunately there
seemed to be no easy way to tell the difference between the two chips in
software, so I punted the issue and left it a configuration option.

Phil

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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 91 09:25
From: "Olaf Erb"                                  <UJ65@DKAUNI2.BITNET>
Subject: NOS and SYS V
To: tcp-group@UCSD.EDU

It works. I found NOS 900117b.u from Gary L. Grebus, k8lt, who
build it for the Unix-PC. I added Anders' mbox code and kd8wk's
telunix and xsocket features. There's still some problem with the
telunix, but i think it's easy to fix (maybe an EOL problem).  A few

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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 91 11:59:04 GMT
From: kelvin@kelvin.uk22.bull.com
Subject: PC-elm source.
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

I've just put the source file for PC-elm v 2.1 on thumper under
/pub/ka9q/incoming/G1EMM. It's *NOT* bug free, but it does mostly work
and it can also read the nntp mailfiles built by my version. Enjoy!
-- 
     All the best,
               Kelvin.
+-------------------------------------------------+
| Kelvin J.Hill - BULL HN Ltd, Hounslow, England. |
| Internet - kelvin.uk22.bull.com  [128.35.110.6] |
| Amprnet  - g1emm.ampr.org        [44.131.7.6]   |
+-------------------------------------------------+

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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 91 08:26:56 +0100
From: adam%TNOAL1.TNO.NL@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: TNC-1 in 300 bps KISS mode
To: Packet-radio@UCSD.Edu, tcp-group@ucsd.edu

Hello all,

Thanks to all who responded to my 300 bps KISS problem. I got the clue from
toth!dave@ria.ccs.uwo.ca (who seems te be unrechable for me, at least I got
my message to him back 'undeliverable'), who advised me to set the TXTAIL
to about 200 milliSeconds. I am using the PA0GRI version of KISS for the
TNC-1, and it seems, that the transmitter it not held in transmit state
long enough to send out the complete packet-frame. Holding the transmitter
ON for an extra 200 mS cured the problem.

73 de
   __
  / /   /
 /-/ __/ __/ ____
/ / (_/ (_/ / / /


+------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Please send your reply to:               |Where  |Mac  |Software  |
|-----------------------------------------+-------+-----+----------|
|TNO ZP-LAN:adam@tnoal1  (134.221.128.128)|office |SE   |NCSATelnet|
|  internet:adam@tnoal1.tno.nl            | same  |same |  same    |
|        or:pa2aga@tnoal1.tno.nl          | same  |same |  same    |
|    bitnet:gaalen@hdetno51.bitnet        | same  |same |DynaComm  |
| Ham-radio:pa2aga@pa2aga   (44.137.32.9) |at home|IIx  |NET/Mac   |
|        or:pa2aga@pa2aga-1 (44.137.32.61)|at home|Plus |NET/Mac   |
|        or:pa2aga@pa2aga-2 (44.137.32.19)|at home|512Ke|NET/Mac   |
|        or:pa2aga@pi8mac   (44.137.32.22)|at home|SE/30|NET/Mac   |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+

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From tcpxxx Tue Jan  8 23:04:06 1991
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 91 23:03:58 GMT
Message-Id: <4222@G1YYH>
From: g1yyh@G1YYH (John Heaton)
Reply-To: g1yyh@g1yyh (g1yyh@gb7nwp)
To: tcpxxx@G1YYH
Subject: TCP-Group Digest #008

Date: Mon,  7 Jan 91 11:38:23 PST
From: Advanced Amateur Radio Networking Group </dev/null@ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: TCP-Group@UCSD.Edu
Subject: TCP-Group Digest V91 #8
To: tcp-group-digest


TCP-Group Digest            Mon,  7 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   8

Today's Topics:
                         hpuslua mail bounces

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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 91 10:06:53 mst
From: John Hays SEC --- SLC <hays@hpuslua.nsr.hp.com>
Subject: hpuslua mail bounces
To: tcp-group@ucsd.edu

For those of you who have recieved mail bounces from hpuslua, I have been
working the problem(s) and things should be better now.

John KD7UW

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