KA9Q, was Re: Retrochallenge, 2005 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

16 Jun 2005

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Subject: Re: KA9Q, was Re: Retrochallenge, 2005
   From: Stan Barr <stanb at dial.pipex.com>
   Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:08:49 +0100
     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>

Hi,

Tom Jennings said:
  On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Stan Barr wrote:

  I also ran KA9Q tcp/ip over packet radio on a 386
with MSDOS for quite a
 while (and I think I've still got the disks somewhere), does that count
 as "online"?  
 Damn right it does! We (the little garden) ran a whole internet on
 40 MHz 386 boxes with KA9Q as router for four member/customers
 (four serial cards and four modems, with ethernet to a 3COM
 Brouter or in some cases another KA9Q box as uplink).  Around
 1992. Real TCP/IP and minimal routing, plus local (keyboard/CRT)
 support for client and servers.  Doesn't get more real than that! 
I've come over all nostalgic!  I think I'll dig out a 386, find the disks,
sort out my ex-taxi radio and get it going again, assuming there's still
some activity and a node I can reach from here.   There are disadvantges 
to being down at sea-level surrounded by hills :-(

-- 
Cheers,
Stan Barr  stanb at dial.pipex.com

The future was never like this!

What you may find is APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System).

Allison