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TCP/IP is the common name for a set of protocols developed to allow cooperating computers to share resources across a network.  A protocol is simply a set of conventions or rules which must be adhered to by the communicating computers on a network to ensure that the information being exchanged is received and interpreted correctly.  In the amateur radio software implementation of TCP/IP networking, the command set of the TNC is replaced with a very basic set of commands and the protocols are run in the user's computer.  This opens up the real power of computer-to-computer networking via packet radio TCP/IP provides for file transfer, electronic mail, remote login services, and network file access. It was originally designed for the Department of Defense to connect unlike mainframe computers in the military government, research institutions, private industry, and universities so that all could share resources on a common network.  For more information on TCP/IP, consult "Introduction to the Internet Protocols," by Charles L Hedrick (Rutgers University, 1987).  This document is often available in electronic form on amateur radio packet systems.  TCP/IP has been adapted for use on amateur radio networks and it complies with FCC rules on amateur radio digital transmissions.  The amateur radio implementation of TCP/IP also provides services for keyboard chats, bulletin boards, AX.25 packet, and NET/ROM networking While there are many commands in a TCP/IP software package the basic commands are not difficult to learn or to use. The user first sends a few software commands to the TNC to substitute its limited command set with an even simpler command set (called "KISS," for "keep it simple stupid") and transfers control to the TCP/IP software in the user's computer The user can then engage in TCP/IP communications, or, since the software package has the capability of communicating in normal AX.25 packet, the user can operate with AX.25 packet bulletin boards, keyboard connects, digipeaters, or NET/ROM nodes 

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Contains a minimal KA9Q NOS setup for the HP95LX. Be sure to unZIP the file with the -d switch to create the subdirectories needed for NOS to run. The supplied AUTOEXEC.NET is the file I used to check out the program; it assumes that the machine is talking to the regular Internet through another machine set up as a router and doing SLIP at 4800 baud. The program won't run faster than that due to interrupt latency in NOS. You must change appropriate places in AUTOEXEC.NET to set the machine address and domain name correctly at a minimum. If you're doing packet radio, you'll also need to add whatever routing is necessary for your local network and change the attach command to use ax25. I assume you know how to do that much if not, please get with a local guru about how to get it going. (If you _are_ the local guru, then you already know where to get help..) The supplied FTPUSERS file has only an anonymous login entry; you must add an entry for yourself if you use the BBS as a mailer Also included are the two files I modified in the NOS source to build the included executable. 8250.C had two lines added in asytxint to deal with a peculiarity of the 95's serial port, and CONFIG.H was changed to set the screen length at 16 lines and remove useless (for the 95) options The two files will drop right in to a stock KA9Q 910618 source distribution and compile with no further changes needed Once the files and directories are set up on your 95, use the supplied NETSTART.BAT file to fire up NOS. It turns on the serial port before starting, and turns it off again when finished. This should help extend the 95's battery life 

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NOSview is an on-line documentation and runtime package for the KA9Q Network Operating System (NOS 

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NTP for NOS This is a port of Dennis Ferguson's xntp to run under Phil Karn's NOS for the PC.  Thanks and kudos to both of them for writing software amenable to such a graft 

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The included code represents the FINAL version of nos for os/2 in char mode that will come from me. As with previous versions this only supports the asy driver, special i/o boards as well as ethernet would require seperate device driver that I have not attacked yet. ALL known or reported bugs have been fixed. This code is very solid and runs, at least here, indefinately. For those that had problems with various tnc's or com ports it should work fine now. Further, in fixing that problem, I implemented extended buffering support (FIFO). I am releasing this code now to 'clear the decks' for completion of the PMail and PMNOS, due out soon. I wanted to insure I was not carrying known bugs into a multitasking pm app, As some of you may realize, those (M/T PM apps) are a bear to debug. Any problems can be relayed to me via kz1f wa1phy.#ema.ma.usa.na or waltcy  idsvax.ids.com There has been some problems with the i-net addr but if it changes I will notify all via i-net. Enjoy, Walt Corey KZ1F 

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The included code represents the FINAL version of nos for os/2 in char mode that will come from me. As with previous versions this only supports the asy driver, special i/o boards as well as ethernet would require seperate device driver that I have not attacked yet. ALL known or reported bugs have been fixed. This code is very solid and runs, at least here, indefinately. For those that had problems with various tnc's or com ports it should work fine now. Further, in fixing that problem, I implemented extended buffering support (FIFO). I am releasing this code now to 'clear the decks' for completion of the PMail and PMNOS, due out soon. I wanted to insure I was not carrying known bugs into a multitasking pm app, As some of you may realize, those (M/T PM apps) are a bear to debug. Any problems can be relayed to me via kz1f wa1phy.#ema.ma.usa.na or waltcy  idsvax.ids.com There has been some problems with the i-net addr but if it changes I will notify all via i-net. Enjoy, Walt Corey KZ1F 

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The new PM mailer (PMAIL) companion to nos for os/2. This version is pretty much fully functional at this point. the copy field isn't connected yet as I have not decided how best to do that. The addressee field can support multiple recepients though. PMail runs pretty much as BM does and, in fact, requires BM.RC in the root Further, PMail is designed to run 24hrs non-stop. What I consider a nice feature is the notification system PMail uses. When not in use PMail should be minimized, you will notice the clever icon When mail arrives ( or with 30 sec in the os2nosv4 and previous versions) the icon will change giving you a graphical indication that new mail is present. For those less familiar with rural americana, the mailbox flag raises to indicate a mail pickup is needed. It is perfectly legal to have multiple PMail's running each looking at a different mailbox. While reading mail, f7 does a read previous and f8 does a read next. With the upcoming release of PM NOS both PMail and PM NOS will share, what I hope to be, a fairly robust help system. In the mean time I think operation should be sufficiently straight-forward that within seconds one can figure it all out, especially if they are already familiar with BM PMail uses as hotkeys (accelerators) the same (I think) command line function letters as BM except they should be prefixed with the cntrl key, ie cntrl-h redisplays the headers, cntrl-w does a write current and cntrl-s does a save current. Any problems discovered or comments should be address to me, I welcome good news particularly after the os2nosv4 problems with os/2 v2.0). I hope you all find PMail particularly helpful. 73 and enjoy. Walt kz1f kz1f.ampr.org, kz1f  wa1phy.#ema.ma or waltcy  jvnc. ids.net 

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complete sources and documentation for the Gracilis PackeTen IPC driver, for IBM PC versions of NOS 

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Contains Binary image files for NOS302 for the Gracilis PackeTen Network Switch 

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Interface driver for the VE3IFB 8530 card (PI card) Portions of this driver were derived from the Eagle card driver by Art Goldman WA3CVG. It has been very extensively modified from his work, due to the addition of DMA support and due to differences in the hardware The PI card is NOT an Eagle card clone. It is an original design by Dave Perry, VE3IFB 

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OS/2 32 bit version of ka9q tcp/ip package 

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PMNOS v1.1 

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The objective of this code is the improve the use and features of NOS. A lot of the work is done through cooperative discussion and testing among the subscribers of the Internet maillist 'nos-bbs hydra.carleton.ca' (to subscribe, send mail to 'nos-bbs-request hydra.carleton.ca') A lot of new stuff comes from code fragments or suggestions contributed by people on that maillist, most of wich are avid users of the code. This code is a continuously developing piece of work, and as such, it should be seen as a BETA software no matter whether it is indicated as such or not. You should not expect this to be a 'plug and play' solution to tcp/ip over packet radio. If you experience problems, feel free to contribute constructive' critisism to the author or the discussion group 

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TCP/IP Services for Microsoft Windows Version 2.1 QPC Software is pleased to announce the release of version 2.1 of WinQVT/Net, a suite of TCP/IP client applications for Windows 3.x WinQVT/Net will support up to 15 simultaneous virtual terminal Telnet) sessions on a variety of host systems. Each session resides in its own window, which can be moved, sized, and iconified according to standard Windows procedures. If you have a color display, you can use color (both foreground and background) to help differentiate visually between sessions (Fonts can also be used to distinguish sessions You can select sessions quickly using either the mouse or the keyboard (with a single keystroke Like all versions of QVT, the present one offers exceptionally complete and accurate emulation of the DEC 'VT' series of terminals, including the VT220, VT102, and VT52. The graphics capabilities of the Windows environment are used to provide support for features such as 132 columns and double-size characters WinQVT/Net supports only the IBM 'Enhanced' keyboard; the four DEC PF' keys are mapped to the top row of the numeric keypad Alternatively, you may use a DEC LK250 keyboard with full compatibility Support for local FTP sessions is available in the form of an FTP window that you can run concurrently with your terminal sessions Using the FTP window, you can transfer files over the network to and from your PC Also provided is an FTP 'server', which allows you to access your PC remotely for the purpose of transferring files. There is a simple password facility provided to prevent unauthorized access The FTP server also supports 'anonymous' logins, with access restricted to a single specified directory (and its subdirectories Electronic mail is supported in the form of a POP3 client module which allows you to receive and send mail directly from the PC For those with access to an NNTP server, WinQVT/Net includes a news reading and posting facility Finally, an 'lpr' module is provided which allows you to print PC files on printers which are attached to network hosts 

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This is the first public release of the RIP-2 code for NOS.  It was tested and built for JNOS, however, it should port fairly easily to other incarnations of NOS.  There are a couple of minor changes to the non-rip releated modules.  Most of them are to export a few functions, and add a couple of variables.  They should, I hope, be obvious 

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RMAILER reads a standard PBBS export file (ifil default rmailer.exp) consisting of messages for the program to process and writes a copy for each of the specified receipients to a standard PBBS import file (ofil default rmailer.imp) that the PBBS program then imports and distributes 

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This version of NET has a work-around that permits NET to send IP frames over ROSE circuits.  Normally, the ROSE system replaces the protocol identifier (PID) in AX.25 information frames with its own when handling packets between switches and does not preserve the PID from the original user's packet's header.  In its native datagram mode NET communicates with other NET or NOS stations using un-numbered information frames (UI) but can be made to run in a virtual circuit mode (VC, or connected) if necessary.  Although we can initiate VC for our transport mechanism, we can't recognize the IP PID if it isn't there! There are rumors that the next version of ROSE is supposed to cure this problem, but in the mean time I needed to use ROSE, (after all IP is an INTERNET PROTOCOL, eh? Ah well, bad joke!).  Besides, I can control how NET works because I have control of the keyboard 

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Tucson Amateur Packet Radio TNC-2 Release 1.1.8 Firmware revision notes 

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Internet Time Server with source 

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This package contains an implementation of the KISS host to TNC protocol for the TAPR TNC-1 and clones, including the Heath HD-4040 

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Help for tnos v b 

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Tampa Network Operating System User Reference Manual 

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TNOS release 1.00 

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TNOS Source Code 

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Contains the complete sources and documentation for the Gracilis PackeTwin synchronous driver, for IBM PC versions of NOS. Release 2.1 9/12/92 

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Expire now expires messages stored in the NNTP server format. the additions to expire.dat 'sort of' follow the conventions for nntp in other areas of nos, namely the delimiter for nntp groups is bang thus the format for expiring news items is ! 0 if you have any ideas on the above dont keep them to yourself !! ;-) this code is not rigorously tested :-) vk5xxx march 1994 

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The KA9Q Internet Software Package Documentation 

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This is a watchdog reset circuit that works off of the serial data line between a PC and a TNC.  The watchdog resets itself whenever it sees activity on the transmit data line (indicating NOS or your BBS software is alive and kicking).  If there is no activity over a very long period of time (on the order of tens of minutes), the circuit will switch a transistor on to trigger whatever circuitry you wish.  Usually this will be connected to your CPU reset switch The circuit differs from the traditional 555 watchdog timer because such timers would require an extremely large value resistor and capacitor in the RC network to achieve very long timeouts Adjusting the timeout interval in such a circuit would also require a lot of patience. Instead, this circuit uses a binary counter as the timer.  The circuit can be assembled using readily available parts and may be adjusted quickly using an audio frequency counter 

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Simple RS-232 watchdog circuit for PCs 

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The WinPOP application is designed to retrieve messages from a NOS specifically JNOS 110c ) "Front-End" system. The application uses the WINSOCK interface to the network sub-system and supports the POP3 protocol for the data exchange 

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wnos source code 

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WNOS Program