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Software for MFJ 1278 B
Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is
rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? 73 SV1EMU |
i use paKet6.2.but i need to use an older type of computer with 12volts on
the serial port,my 933mHz and 1.33gHz computers don't work with the tnc i still use kam,mfj-1270b and mfj-1270c. I can also use log-eqf to run those 3 tnc's wrote in message ... Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? 73 SV1EMU |
i use paKet6.2.but i need to use an older type of computer with 12volts on
the serial port,my 933mHz and 1.33gHz computers don't work with the tnc i still use kam,mfj-1270b and mfj-1270c. I can also use log-eqf to run those 3 tnc's wrote in message ... Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? 73 SV1EMU |
Thanks alot for your reply :)
73 SV1EMU On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 05:40:04 GMT, "dvari" wrote: i use paKet6.2.but i need to use an older type of computer with 12volts = on the serial port,my 933mHz and 1.33gHz computers don't work with the tnc = i still use kam,mfj-1270b and mfj-1270c. I can also use log-eqf to run = those 3 tnc's wrote in message ... Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? 73 SV1EMU |
Thanks alot for your reply :)
73 SV1EMU On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 05:40:04 GMT, "dvari" wrote: i use paKet6.2.but i need to use an older type of computer with 12volts = on the serial port,my 933mHz and 1.33gHz computers don't work with the tnc = i still use kam,mfj-1270b and mfj-1270c. I can also use log-eqf to run = those 3 tnc's wrote in message ... Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? 73 SV1EMU |
You should be able to use any terminal program such as the one included with
Windows for example. Or go download WinPack. It is still free I believe and is an excellent program to use with TNCs. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE wrote in message ... Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? 73 SV1EMU |
You should be able to use any terminal program such as the one included with
Windows for example. Or go download WinPack. It is still free I believe and is an excellent program to use with TNCs. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE wrote in message ... Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? 73 SV1EMU |
"dvari" wrote in message t... i use paKet6.2.but i need to use an older type of computer with 12volts on the serial port,my 933mHz and 1.33gHz computers don't work with the tnc i still use kam,mfj-1270b and mfj-1270c. I can also use log-eqf to run those 3 tnc's wrote in message ... Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? The MFJ1270b is known worlwide as being a generic TNC2 clone. As a TNC2 clone, it has more software written for it ( free and otherwise ) than any other TNC design on the planet. There are literally dozens and dozens of programs that work with the MFJ1270b. Only a fool would be offended by the fact that some companies charge a reasonable fee for thier software. - Especially when there are dozens and dozens of free alternatives. Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Sure... Dozens and dozens of them. There is not room to list them all here. Also, any terminal program should work. You can even use an old "dumb terminal", if you can find one. Why i feel like sucker ? No need for that at all. You just didn't know how lucky you were in your purchase. The 1270b is a very useful piece of equipment. Charles Brabham, N5PVL Director: USPacket.Net http://www.uspacket.net |
"dvari" wrote in message t... i use paKet6.2.but i need to use an older type of computer with 12volts on the serial port,my 933mHz and 1.33gHz computers don't work with the tnc i still use kam,mfj-1270b and mfj-1270c. I can also use log-eqf to run those 3 tnc's wrote in message ... Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? The MFJ1270b is known worlwide as being a generic TNC2 clone. As a TNC2 clone, it has more software written for it ( free and otherwise ) than any other TNC design on the planet. There are literally dozens and dozens of programs that work with the MFJ1270b. Only a fool would be offended by the fact that some companies charge a reasonable fee for thier software. - Especially when there are dozens and dozens of free alternatives. Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Sure... Dozens and dozens of them. There is not room to list them all here. Also, any terminal program should work. You can even use an old "dumb terminal", if you can find one. Why i feel like sucker ? No need for that at all. You just didn't know how lucky you were in your purchase. The 1270b is a very useful piece of equipment. Charles Brabham, N5PVL Director: USPacket.Net http://www.uspacket.net |
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Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). Throw the software away. They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! Capitalist swine eh? A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Get a clue, this modem was based on an old CP/M machine of the last century. What the hell do you want? I bet you paid $5 for it, and now you're complaining that you want it to work like a $25 WiFi card. Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? Get AGWPE for Win-Dos or a KISS ROM and hook it to Linux. Then you can relive the 1980's again. But somehow I think this modem is too complex for you. You seem to be non-technical?? |
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Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). Throw the software away. They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! Capitalist swine eh? A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Get a clue, this modem was based on an old CP/M machine of the last century. What the hell do you want? I bet you paid $5 for it, and now you're complaining that you want it to work like a $25 WiFi card. Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? Get AGWPE for Win-Dos or a KISS ROM and hook it to Linux. Then you can relive the 1980's again. But somehow I think this modem is too complex for you. You seem to be non-technical?? |
"Howard Goldstein" wrote
Gene Storey wrote: : this modem was based on an old CP/M machine How so? You'll see lots of TNC source code start at 0x0100 for development. The Z-80, and I/O on the TNC-2 were all common to CP/M machines. I developed C programs on my H-89 for TNC-2 for 10 years. My last project was a port of parts of Xinu on the DRSI TNC-2 modem from my H-89 CP/M machine. Ah--C/80 from Software Toolworks! I think I paid $20 bucks for it, and sold about $20,000 worth of software using it (non-Ham). Alas, my H-89 CRT blew out before the computer did, so I interfaced a Micromint Apple Sprite Video card (cut off the Apple bus, drilled holes for wires, and super- glued it into a rectangular hole made into the H-89 development board), and hooked it up to my TV. 40 characters wasn't the same as 80 though (once you've seen speed and line length, there's no going back :-) The color and sprites were neat though. Finally broke down and bought an IBM clone with a flip-top case, running 4.88 MHz (used that until 1993 when I bought a honkin 66 MHz motherboard!) That's about the time I got into ISDN routers and really started making money... |
"Howard Goldstein" wrote
Gene Storey wrote: : this modem was based on an old CP/M machine How so? You'll see lots of TNC source code start at 0x0100 for development. The Z-80, and I/O on the TNC-2 were all common to CP/M machines. I developed C programs on my H-89 for TNC-2 for 10 years. My last project was a port of parts of Xinu on the DRSI TNC-2 modem from my H-89 CP/M machine. Ah--C/80 from Software Toolworks! I think I paid $20 bucks for it, and sold about $20,000 worth of software using it (non-Ham). Alas, my H-89 CRT blew out before the computer did, so I interfaced a Micromint Apple Sprite Video card (cut off the Apple bus, drilled holes for wires, and super- glued it into a rectangular hole made into the H-89 development board), and hooked it up to my TV. 40 characters wasn't the same as 80 though (once you've seen speed and line length, there's no going back :-) The color and sprites were neat though. Finally broke down and bought an IBM clone with a flip-top case, running 4.88 MHz (used that until 1993 when I bought a honkin 66 MHz motherboard!) That's about the time I got into ISDN routers and really started making money... |
Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? Most any communications rs232 type software will work with it. Windows has a terminal program that will let you run the TNC. You just won't have all the special hot key commands that are specific to packet. That thing has to be 10 or 15 years old by now. While I can't speak for the whole world, in many areas the packet operation is much a thing of the past except for the DX clusters. 73 SV1EMU |
Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? Most any communications rs232 type software will work with it. Windows has a terminal program that will let you run the TNC. You just won't have all the special hot key commands that are specific to packet. That thing has to be 10 or 15 years old by now. While I can't speak for the whole world, in many areas the packet operation is much a thing of the past except for the DX clusters. 73 SV1EMU |
http://www.eham.net/articles/6676
Firmware bugs in BLP hostmode caused low sales. "Ralph Mowery" wrote in message ... Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? Most any communications rs232 type software will work with it. Windows has a terminal program that will let you run the TNC. You just won't have all the special hot key commands that are specific to packet. That thing has to be 10 or 15 years old by now. While I can't speak for the whole world, in many areas the packet operation is much a thing of the past except for the DX clusters. 73 SV1EMU |
http://www.eham.net/articles/6676
Firmware bugs in BLP hostmode caused low sales. "Ralph Mowery" wrote in message ... Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? Most any communications rs232 type software will work with it. Windows has a terminal program that will let you run the TNC. You just won't have all the special hot key commands that are specific to packet. That thing has to be 10 or 15 years old by now. While I can't speak for the whole world, in many areas the packet operation is much a thing of the past except for the DX clusters. 73 SV1EMU |
Non technical ? non timecal i would say :)
Well i was using baycom serials until now. And homebrew interfaces for sstv and hamcom.(cw, rtty). I have just buy the 1278b for my new ft-857 expecting with one software to cover everything digital = (packet,psk31,rtty,pactor,amtor and more) one program one rig,when at the same time a baycom will run at = the other serial, and agw with SB. I have pay for the mfj 1278, 310 euros. One and a half access point ;) = greece prices :(=20 73 sv1emu On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 05:28:00 -0600, "Gene Storey" wrote: wrote Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). Throw the software away. They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! Capitalist swine eh? A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Get a clue, this modem was based on an old CP/M machine of the last century. What the hell do you want? I bet you paid $5 for it, and now you're complaining that you want it to work like a $25 WiFi card. Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? Get AGWPE for Win-Dos or a KISS ROM and hook it to Linux. Then you can relive the 1980's again. But somehow I think this modem is too complex for you. You seem to be non-technical?? |
Non technical ? non timecal i would say :)
Well i was using baycom serials until now. And homebrew interfaces for sstv and hamcom.(cw, rtty). I have just buy the 1278b for my new ft-857 expecting with one software to cover everything digital = (packet,psk31,rtty,pactor,amtor and more) one program one rig,when at the same time a baycom will run at = the other serial, and agw with SB. I have pay for the mfj 1278, 310 euros. One and a half access point ;) = greece prices :(=20 73 sv1emu On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 05:28:00 -0600, "Gene Storey" wrote: wrote Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). Throw the software away. They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! Capitalist swine eh? A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Get a clue, this modem was based on an old CP/M machine of the last century. What the hell do you want? I bet you paid $5 for it, and now you're complaining that you want it to work like a $25 WiFi card. Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? Get AGWPE for Win-Dos or a KISS ROM and hook it to Linux. Then you can relive the 1980's again. But somehow I think this modem is too complex for you. You seem to be non-technical?? |
I want to say i love packet and i feel sory to see it dying.
But i believe in it. I believe it still has life. It can still give services. We need imagination and Speed. Packet must move on 2 Ghz and more, maby 3 or 4 ,keeping at the same time the today speeds 1200, 9600 as backup. New rigs, or maby up converters at the first steps must be build. A packet up there and fast is not the same with wireless today nets. It will be more free and controlable from the operator. This is the first class position who belong to packet. Real time video,voice and data at the same time. Thats the packet im dreaming :) Anyway thanks all for your replies. 73 SV1EMU =20 On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:24:08 -0500, "Ralph Mowery" = wrote: Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? Most any communications rs232 type software will work with it. Windows = has a terminal program that will let you run the TNC. You just won't have = all the special hot key commands that are specific to packet. That thing = has to be 10 or 15 years old by now. While I can't speak for the whole world, = in many areas the packet operation is much a thing of the past except for = the DX clusters. 73 SV1EMU |
I want to say i love packet and i feel sory to see it dying.
But i believe in it. I believe it still has life. It can still give services. We need imagination and Speed. Packet must move on 2 Ghz and more, maby 3 or 4 ,keeping at the same time the today speeds 1200, 9600 as backup. New rigs, or maby up converters at the first steps must be build. A packet up there and fast is not the same with wireless today nets. It will be more free and controlable from the operator. This is the first class position who belong to packet. Real time video,voice and data at the same time. Thats the packet im dreaming :) Anyway thanks all for your replies. 73 SV1EMU =20 On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:24:08 -0500, "Ralph Mowery" = wrote: Hi . I have just buy the 1278b, and the included software is rediculus. Multicom (Dos). They have a old win version at their site but they *sell it* !!!!! A product with no software for today PC's ? Are these guys for real ? Anyway does anyone know any today soft who work with this thing? Why i feel like sucker ? Most any communications rs232 type software will work with it. Windows = has a terminal program that will let you run the TNC. You just won't have = all the special hot key commands that are specific to packet. That thing = has to be 10 or 15 years old by now. While I can't speak for the whole world, = in many areas the packet operation is much a thing of the past except for = the DX clusters. 73 SV1EMU |
"Howard Goldstein" wrote
Which TNCs start at 100h? None that I know of. |
"Howard Goldstein" wrote
Which TNCs start at 100h? None that I know of. |
"Howard Goldstein" wrote in message ... I'd love to get all noxtalgiac with you about the old tools and cp/m as a development platform but my memory of them is they pretty much sucked fetid dingo kidneys and it's great to be rid of them. It's been a while, for sure! What little I did with CP/M was on a Commodore 128, emulating a Kaypro II. I had a copy of Turbo Pascal that ran on that machine; otherwise I doubt I would have bothered with its CP/M capability. Long, long ago! - Big floppies! Kind of reminds me of an old girlfriend. Charles Brabham, N5PVL Director: USPacket.Net http://www.uspacket.net |
"Howard Goldstein" wrote in message ... I'd love to get all noxtalgiac with you about the old tools and cp/m as a development platform but my memory of them is they pretty much sucked fetid dingo kidneys and it's great to be rid of them. It's been a while, for sure! What little I did with CP/M was on a Commodore 128, emulating a Kaypro II. I had a copy of Turbo Pascal that ran on that machine; otherwise I doubt I would have bothered with its CP/M capability. Long, long ago! - Big floppies! Kind of reminds me of an old girlfriend. Charles Brabham, N5PVL Director: USPacket.Net http://www.uspacket.net |
"Howard Goldstein" wrote in message ... On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 05:52:46 -0600, Gene Storey wrote: : "Howard Goldstein" wrote : : Which TNCs start at 100h? : : None that I know of. I must have misread your article as I'd understood it to say that the code for many TNCs started at 0x100, as it was for cp/m apps. Returning to my original question, in what way are those TNCs based on CP/M systems? I'm sure he meant the chips the TNC's are built around, not the CP/M OS. He's probably talking about hardware, not software. Charles Brabham, N5PVL Director: USPacket.Net http://www.uspacket.net |
"Howard Goldstein" wrote in message ... On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 05:52:46 -0600, Gene Storey wrote: : "Howard Goldstein" wrote : : Which TNCs start at 100h? : : None that I know of. I must have misread your article as I'd understood it to say that the code for many TNCs started at 0x100, as it was for cp/m apps. Returning to my original question, in what way are those TNCs based on CP/M systems? I'm sure he meant the chips the TNC's are built around, not the CP/M OS. He's probably talking about hardware, not software. Charles Brabham, N5PVL Director: USPacket.Net http://www.uspacket.net |
Howard Goldstein wrote on 19/01/2004 12:06:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 05:52:46 -0600, Gene Storey wrote: : "Howard Goldstein" wrote : : Which TNCs start at 100h? : : None that I know of. I must have misread your article as I'd understood it to say that the code for many TNCs started at 0x100, as it was for cp/m apps. Returning to my original question, in what way are those TNCs based on CP/M systems? I think the "logic" goes - CP/M used Z80 micros, TNC2 clones used Z80 micros, so TNC2 clones are based on an "old CP/M machine"... (Ah, those were the days... That was real programming... Whatever happened to 8" floppy disks?) -- Roger Barker, G4IDE - For UI-View go to - http://www.UI-View.com For WinPack go to - http://www.peaksys.co.uk |
Howard Goldstein wrote on 19/01/2004 12:06:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 05:52:46 -0600, Gene Storey wrote: : "Howard Goldstein" wrote : : Which TNCs start at 100h? : : None that I know of. I must have misread your article as I'd understood it to say that the code for many TNCs started at 0x100, as it was for cp/m apps. Returning to my original question, in what way are those TNCs based on CP/M systems? I think the "logic" goes - CP/M used Z80 micros, TNC2 clones used Z80 micros, so TNC2 clones are based on an "old CP/M machine"... (Ah, those were the days... That was real programming... Whatever happened to 8" floppy disks?) -- Roger Barker, G4IDE - For UI-View go to - http://www.UI-View.com For WinPack go to - http://www.peaksys.co.uk |
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