Old Packet TNC with new computer
 

It may have been 20 years since I did any packet work, and the old Radio
Shack laptop I used no longer boots!

I have a laptop that runs Windows 8, used to program the new D-STAR
radios. I would like to use it with a USB-to-RS-232 adapter to talk to
a packet TNC. The adapter works with the programming software, so it
should work with a TNC.

I have an old copy of Procomm that will not install under Windows 8. I
understood there was a terminal program included with Windows, but can't
find it.

Can anyone tell me how to activate the Windows terminal program? If
not, can you recommend some other terminal program that will work with
Windows 8?

Fred
K4DII

Old Packet TNC with new computer
 

In article ,
Fred McKenzie writes:
It may have been 20 years since I did any packet work, and the old Radio
Shack laptop I used no longer boots!

I have a laptop that runs Windows 8, used to program the new D-STAR
radios. I would like to use it with a USB-to-RS-232 adapter to talk to
a packet TNC. The adapter works with the programming software, so it
should work with a TNC.

I have an old copy of Procomm that will not install under Windows 8. I
understood there was a terminal program included with Windows, but can't
find it.

Can anyone tell me how to activate the Windows terminal program? If
not, can you recommend some other terminal program that will work with
Windows 8?

Get a copy of Putty.

bill
KB3YV

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Old Packet TNC with new computer
 

In article ,
(Bill Gunshannon) wrote:

Can anyone tell me how to activate the Windows terminal program? If
not, can you recommend some other terminal program that will work with
Windows 8?

Get a copy of Putty.

Bill-

Thanks for the suggestion. I've downloaded putty.exe and will give it a
try.

Fred
K4DII

Old Packet TNC with new computer
 

In article ,
(Bill Gunshannon) wrote:

Can anyone tell me how to activate the Windows terminal program? If
not, can you recommend some other terminal program that will work with
Windows 8?

Get a copy of Putty.

Bill-

Putty.exe works like a charm. Thanks again for the suggestion.

I have been hearing a packet beacon on 446 MHz for several days. With
the TNC working, I was able to see whose beacon it was. I suspect they
are trying to talk to the 441 MHz backbone, but set the +5 MHz offset on
their radio by mistake!

73,
Fred
K4DII

Old Packet TNC with new computer
 

Fred McKenzie wrote:
In article ,
(Bill Gunshannon) wrote:

Can anyone tell me how to activate the Windows terminal program? If
not, can you recommend some other terminal program that will work with
Windows 8?

Get a copy of Putty.

Bill-

Putty.exe works like a charm. Thanks again for the suggestion.

I have been hearing a packet beacon on 446 MHz for several days. With
the TNC working, I was able to see whose beacon it was. I suspect they
are trying to talk to the 441 MHz backbone, but set the +5 MHz offset on
their radio by mistake!

73,
Fred
K4DII

Last week we had continuing interference of a packet signal on the local
voice repeater. In the end I fired up the packet decoding software
(these days you do not need a TNC, just use a PC with soundcard), decoded
the packets and found it was an old friend trying to connect the winlink
bbs run by the local amateur emergency service.

It turns out he is using one of those modern dualband dual-vfo transceivers
with one side tuned to the packet frequency, the other to the local repeater,
and mistakenly transmitting on the wrong VFO.

You will probably need a new TNC or a different chip for the TNC if the TNC is that old.

The updates used since the last time you did Packet will probably cause problems that will not allow you to operate Packet until you upgrade your TNC...

Old Packet TNC with new computer
 

Channel Jumper wrote:

You will probably need a new TNC or a different chip for the TNC if the
TNC is that old.

The updates used since the last time you did Packet will probably cause
problems that will not allow you to operate Packet until you upgrade
your TNC...

Bull****, the packet protocol has not changed since 1984.

That partly is why it has vanished from practical use.

Old Packet TNC with new computer
 

Channel Jumper wrote:

You will probably need a new TNC or a different chip for the TNC if the
TNC is that old.

The updates used since the last time you did Packet will probably cause
problems that will not allow you to operate Packet until you upgrade
your TNC...

Utter nonsense.

Packet hasn't changed in decades and all the "updates" to TNC's are to
add new features such as USB interfaces and othe modes such as PSK.



--
Jim Pennino