Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 14:16:39 -0500 (CDT) From: "Kent S. Gordon" <kgor@inetspace.com> To: jbryant@tfs.net Cc: brian@awfulhak.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question about X.25 drivers Message-ID: <199704151916.OAA00697@chess.inetspace.com> In-Reply-To: <199704150228.VAA09928@argus> (message from Jim Bryant on Mon, 14 Apr 1997 21:28:56 -0500 (CDT))
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>>>>> "jbryant" == Jim Bryant <jbryant@argus> writes:
> In reply:
>> > > If nobody actively maintains X.25 then it dies, period. >
>> > Who is actively maintaining "more"? Should it die and go
>> away? 8-).
>>
>> Everyone actively maintains "more". X.25 is different - it's a
>> bit more tricky to test - especially if you havn't got an X.25
>> board :)
> like i said in an earlier message, i will at least get a variant
> of X.25 running, and have the means to test it, although AX.25
> is not necessarily "normal" X.25, it is probably the world's
> most popular variant...
> almost everyone on this list could probably get the capability
> for a few hundred dollars [one-time cost] and a day or two of
> studying for the license... nodes exist in almost every major
> city on the planet, as well as the arctic, antarctic, every
> ocean, countless satellites, as well as a certain manned space
> station, not to mention the radio backbones which criss cross
> BFE in almost every country on the planet [except maybe
> N. Korea], even where phone service is nonexistant...
Could you suggest a couple of possible pieces of equipment and what to
study ( and information sources) if someone was interested in doing
this. I looked at www.arrl.org. Is the technician class license the
correct one ( I would prefer not to have to relearn morse code)?
What is the best way to find other local people doing packet radio?
> jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be
> pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid |
> briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell
> WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@tfs.net -
> KC5VDJ 2-meter, 70cm - KPC-3 Plus packet capable
Kent S. Gordon
Senior Software Engineer
INetSpace Co.
voice: (972)851-3494 fax:(972)702-0384 e-mail:kgor@inetspace.com
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