[Xastir] Baycom and xastir?

[Ray Wells]

Curt, WE7U wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Art wrote:
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>>Is there anyway for me to use my old Baycom BP-1 for APRS with xastir software?
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>>I have the ability to disable the power management in my RS-232
>>ports, which is a problem on some PC's.
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>>Have XP and 3 GHz processor.
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>If that's one of those parallel-port TNC's which require a special
>driver, I would think your only shot at it would be to check whether
>AGWPE supports it.  If so, run AGWPE on XP and have Xastir talk to
>AGWPE to get to the TNC.
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>Very hazy, but I seem to remember reading about some kind of support
>under Linux for Baycom modems, so perhaps one could get the Baycom
>AX.25 driver working there as another option.
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The standard AGW PE doesn't support the serial Baycom modem under Win 
XP, AFAIK, but AGW PE Professional (not free) does. With XP and a 3.0GHz 
processor, why not use a sound card modem under AGW?

Linux definitely supports both serial and parallel port Baycom modems. 
Linux also supports sound card modems.

Ray vk2tv