[Xastir] TNC termianl frenzy

[Curt Mills]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Chris Abbott wrote:

> Ok, still haven't really found a program for the MFJ-1217 TNC 2. I have
> gotten some windows and dos software, which works under emulators, but i
> haven't really been able to talk to the tnc. I know it's alive, because
> it responds to cats and when starting it up as a serial tnc in xastir
> spits out the same info as the cat in the logs. I doubt that kiss mode
> is enabled, i still haven't made the cable to bring the radio interface
> in, so i'm not sure if that's helping any. I'm going to use an Icom
> IC-T7H for it. This weekend i should end up building the cable. i have
> another tnc the same type, since i got both of them real cheap at the
> ham fest, so i'm not even sure if they work, but the responses from cat
> looks like this one should.
>
> So if anybody has a good/any tnc terminal program that might work, tell
> me more.

I don't and haven't ever used TNC-specific programs.  If you're
looking for a good terminal emulator, I prefer Minicom.  It works
best in an 80x25 xterm window (stretch the xterm window higher by
one line).

Another possibility is Seyon, which is an X11 terminal emulator.

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