From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 15 12:18:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA01104 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 12:18:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA01096 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 12:18:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chess.inetspace.com ([206.50.163.14]) by who.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id MAA03262 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 12:18:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kgor@localhost) by chess.inetspace.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id OAA00697; Tue, 15 Apr 1997 14:16:39 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 14:16:39 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199704151916.OAA00697@chess.inetspace.com> From: "Kent S. Gordon" To: jbryant@tfs.net CC: brian@awfulhak.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199704150228.VAA09928@argus> (message from Jim Bryant on Mon, 14 Apr 1997 21:28:56 -0500 (CDT)) Subject: Re: question about X.25 drivers Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.105) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "jbryant" == Jim Bryant 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