On Nov 1, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 11/01/2012 02:08 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
We could also set up a little UUCP and NNTP on UNIX VMs network ;) link them together with simh's serial line emulation and simulate modems...unless we do KERMIT crontabs.
I still like the idea of UUCP / POTS links. IIRC, Sampsa or Steve had something going along these lines a while back. Not sure if it ever got off the ground?!?
I would attempt this if I had modems that weren't just soft modems. Might be able to use them if any of you know of any nice software for use on a BSD with them.
Update: I have 2 modems to try from that I can find
1). A winmodem
2). A Conexant HSF modem
who thinks I can get one of these working in MS-DOS? MS-DOS on a HT P4 with 1G RAM anyone?
I know it's not a UNIX but maybe the driver will show me a serial port I can attach a simulator to?
Toss the Windmodems in the trash...that'd be a good start.
I will, once I get something better.
Then grab any and all Telebit Trailblazer-family modems you can find.
They spoof parts of the UUCP protocol within the modem, which makes for
VERY nice UUCP-based news feeds.
I will use the winmodems until I find those/have the free cash to grab one. ;)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 11/01/2012 02:08 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
We could also set up a little UUCP and NNTP on UNIX VMs network ;) link them together with simh's serial line emulation and simulate modems...unless we do KERMIT crontabs.
I still like the idea of UUCP / POTS links. IIRC, Sampsa or Steve had something going along these lines a while back. Not sure if it ever got off the ground?!?
I would attempt this if I had modems that weren't just soft modems. Might be able to use them if any of you know of any nice software for use on a BSD with them.
Update: I have 2 modems to try from that I can find
1). A winmodem
2). A Conexant HSF modem
who thinks I can get one of these working in MS-DOS? MS-DOS on a HT P4 with 1G RAM anyone?
I know it's not a UNIX but maybe the driver will show me a serial port I can attach a simulator to?
Toss the Windmodems in the trash...that'd be a good start.
Then grab any and all Telebit Trailblazer-family modems you can find.
They spoof parts of the UUCP protocol within the modem, which makes for
VERY nice UUCP-based newsfeeds.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 1 Nov 2012, at 16:34, Fred <fcoffey at misernet.net> wrote:
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Dave McGuire wrote:
I have a Usenet feed here. Very nearly a full feed, but no binaries.
I could forward it along if we do something like this.
Count me in as interested. (I am also part of the informal uuhec uucp network already established).
Count me in for UUHecnet as well. Happen to have any dial in-capable systems Fred? I just got my modem working and you're in the same state and it might cut down on long distance. ;)
Fred
On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Dave McGuire wrote:
I have a Usenet feed here. Very nearly a full feed, but no binaries.
I could forward it along if we do something like this.
Count me in as interested. (I am also part of the informal uuhec uucp network already established).
Fred
On 11/01/2012 10:37 AM, Joe Ferraro wrote:
I still like the idea of UUCP / POTS links. IIRC, Sampsa or Steve had
something going along these lines a while back. Not sure if it ever
got off the ground?!?
Was this UUHecnet? I saw a web page about that. Is that going
anywhere? If so, count me in!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 11/01/2012 10:18 AM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
Being serious for a moment, what about mailman?
No objections here. Mailman could also give us pipermail archives.
Seconded. Mailman is good. I dumped Majordomo about ten years ago
for Mailman. I run half a dozen lists on it here.
We could also set up a little UUCP and NNTP on UNIX VMs network ;)
link them together with simh's serial line emulation and simulate
modems...unless we do KERMIT crontabs.
I have a Usenet feed here. Very nearly a full feed, but no binaries.
I could forward it along if we do something like this.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 1 Nov 2012, at 16:07, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 10/31/2012 01:40 PM, Steve Davidson wrote:
I'm actually working on Packet over Radio (HF and VHF) since this
wonderful storm. My cell phone was used as a hotspot while I waited for
the landline to return. I have my own Ham domain and an IP address in
the 44 block. All I need now is a dedicated VHF (or HF) rig to make
this permanent.
I've been out of ham radio since...well, the last time I was licensed,
the Kantronix KPC-2 was a current product. ;) Who is handling
allocations out of net 44 nowadays?
Want to do some testing, when things calm down? I can do HF or VHF.
(or microwave, given some time...I have a strong interest there, and
lots of gear)
I don't do any ham stuff but I could probably get interested in HECnet over HF packet. I'd need licensed, gear, and knowledge though. ;)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/31/2012 02:44 PM, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote:
Is there a way to do FIP calls from that Forth implementation?
Definitely. In the unsupported directory there should be odt.fth,
which should show that. There is also sda.fth, but that's a lot
bigger and more complex, partly because it completely redefines the
Forth guts to be 32-bit instead of 16-bit...
I don't seem to have odt.fth. I have sda.fth though. Do you have
odt.fth online somewhere?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On 10/31/2012 01:40 PM, Steve Davidson wrote:
I'm actually working on Packet over Radio (HF and VHF) since this
wonderful storm. My cell phone was used as a hotspot while I waited for
the landline to return. I have my own Ham domain and an IP address in
the 44 block. All I need now is a dedicated VHF (or HF) rig to make
this permanent.
I've been out of ham radio since...well, the last time I was licensed,
the Kantronix KPC-2 was a current product. ;) Who is handling
allocations out of net 44 nowadays?
Want to do some testing, when things calm down? I can do HF or VHF.
(or microwave, given some time...I have a strong interest there, and
lots of gear)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
On Nov 1, 2012, at 3:14 PM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:
On 1 Nov 2012, at 16:18, Cory Smelosky wrote:
We could also set up a little UUCP and NNTP on UNIX VMs network ;) link them together with simh's serial line emulation and simulate modems...unless we do KERMIT crontabs.
Dude, we have a UUCP network ready to go lol: http://www.uuhec.net/
I had no idea this already existed. How did I miss this?!
Sampsa
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