[Xastir] TNC termianl frenzy

Chris Abbott redfox at 99b.org
Sat Feb 14 14:05:24 EST 2004


Ok, Cool. Where can I find these programs, i had heard about minicom
earlier, but I couldn't find it via google. So where can i find them?

Thanks
KD5WCR

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Chris Abbott redfox at 99b.org, kd5wcr at arrl.net
"Failure is not an option -- it comes bundled with Windows." 
That's why I use Linux. Ximian Evolution 1.4.5
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On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 09:53, Curt Mills wrote:
> 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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