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[John Donaldson]

I too had KA9Q running but on a MM/1. I used it both on a Serial SLIP 
connection and a Radio Modem. Many Amateur Radio Operators ran KA9Q over 
Packet networks.

John Donaldson
AB8YZ


David Hazelton wrote:

> Willard Goosey wrote:
>
>> True.  I think part of it is that the "ethernet controller" chips
>> under discussion have most (all?) of TCP/IP implemented in hardware,
>> so our poor little 8-bit doesn't have to actually grind its way
>> through the HUGE mass of code that is IP networking by itself. 
>> In theory, we have SLIP, but I've never been able to get the OS-9 port
>> of KA9Q to actually talk to a slip server at the other end of the
>> serial line.  AFAIK no one else has, either.  Plus, the d00d never
>> released his source. :-(
>>
>> Another part of it is hardware envy.  If the C64 can do ethernet then
>> then CoCo SHOULD, too. ;-)
>>
>> Willard
>>   
>
> I used to use SLIP (KA9Q) on both the AT306 and the Coco  connected to 
> a Windows95/98 box all the time.  I read somewhere that one could 
> connect to Window serial networking (Remember connect 2 Windows PC 
> together using serial cables or Special Parallel  cable).  to an Amiga 
> using SLIP.  It was a timing thing where the "HOST" would say HOST and 
> wait to see if the Response was "GUEST".  It tried this like 3 times 
> before time out IIRC.  I used to have the RS232 pack connected to 
> Modtap connector (25 pin to RJ45)  and run about 50 feet of Cat3 to 
> the Windows box on the other side of the Apartment, Just so I could 
> FTP the Files, I just downloaded from my "Highspeed Modem".  I would 
> start up KA9Q with a Script on the CoCo and run to the Windows box and 
> Click on the Wizard set as "HOST" ...And connects at 9600 :)
> FTP and then get out of there.  I Never thought KA9Q was good, because 
> it was an application not a  service or a module and you were limited 
> one what you could do, depending on how you brought it up.  So One 
> could set it up to FTP, but would have to reload it to telnet. But It 
> always worked.   Unfortunately, Windows 95/98 didn't route between IP 
> ports.  It would have been fun in the day to Slip into the PC and 
> route to the Internet through the PPP connection on your Modem.
>
> I have one of the Conect 16550 cartridges, but could never get KA9Q to 
> connect any better than 9600.  Have not  tried this in years though.  
> I really would like to get an Real IP stack on the AT306 with a 
> Ethernet card, so I can add it to my network.
>
> ~David
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