Hi Jeff

I guess we could argue that if you really want something "KISSee" you
might want to go with a soundcard device. Flexnet I think talks to TNC's
but using a soundcard is done by using Tom Sailors "soundmodem" whether
it be for Windoze 32 or Linux.

Last time I looked, Flexnet ran on both XP and 2K. It came out around
the time W95 was around so I dont *think* it runs under DOS/W3x (but I
am prepared to be shot down on this!) My use has mainly been Linux
though running TCP/IP stuff over the soundmodem stack. (With its
multiple modes - AFSK, FSK, NEWPSK etc)

And sound cards are much cheaper than TNC's... and you can use them for
all manner of 'special' modes.

This is a Flexnet site - http://www.eed.usv.ro/misc/mirrors/flexnet/. If
you have a problem downloading get back to me. The package is not quite
GPL in that it is restricted to amateur radio use...

I am sure you have already heard this argument so I apologise for
blabbing on!

Cheers Bob VK2YQA

(replace bcnntp with bcnuup if you wish to direct email)

Jeff Camp wrote:
Thanks for the advice, but I'm just looking for something that will do kiss,
so the device doesn't need lots of smarts. The only thing that was keeping
me away from Kantronics for this install was the price. I didn't want to
lay out $200-300 on a nice tnc and then not use any of its features besides
kiss mode.

Will FlexNet run on XP or linux or is it just limited to obsolete versions
of Windows and DOS 3.1 or later? If it won't run on a newer operating
system maybe that's the reason you never see it anywhere. As you said, I
don't want to get stuck running obsolete software.

Jeff