"Charles Brabham" wrote in message
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"Bob Nielsen" wrote in message
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The Kantronics TNCs aren't really TNC-2 clones. Much of the command
set is compatible, however. As Howard said, the MFJ-1270C is as close
as you can get (in a new unit). The Paccomm Tiny-2 is probably next.

Proprietary gear like Kantronics and Timewave will get you into trouble as
a BBS operator, as it puts severe limits on the types of software you can
use.

Nonesense.
It will work just fine.

The stuff you are using now might be able to work with them, but what
about new stuff, down the line? - A good example of this would be PC
FlexNet, the most advanced VHF/UHF networking system available. The
FlexNet folks cannot create drivers for proprietary gear ( Those outfits
will not share the proprietary code the FlexNet people would need to work
with.) so for FlexNet, the TNC clone does what no Kantronics or Timewave
gear can do.

More nonesense. If Flexnet cannot interoperate with the existing
network it will fail. Oh, wait, it already did!

PC FlexNet is just one example out of many where it pays networkers to
avoid proprietary gear, as a general policy. - You don't want to get stuck
running obsolete software, or have one or two packages to choose from, as
opposed to twenty or thirty.

And the other examplese are?

You can get by with propriety gear - but why just "get by" when you can be
ready for just about anything?

With a 1270C ???

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... Hank

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