Subj : Synchronet BBS on AX.25,
To   : Fakeshemp
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue May 31 2022 16:20:00

 Fa> Hello, grabbed a couple TNC's at Dayton this year and wanting to get a
 Fa> Synchronet BBS connected up for Telnet and HF radio (VHF in the
 Fa> future.) I have the Kantronics KAMPlus up and I can communicate with
 Fa> it, and I can TX with it (no independent confirmation, though.) My
 Fa> understanding is that this TNC can be put into host-mode and then can
 Fa> have Telnet run over packet. I also have an MFJ-1270C (just need to
 Fa> build the interface cable) and a PK-232. Anyone else working on such a
 Fa> project or have any insight? 

  The late Dave Perry, W4KGU (SK) had a series of freeware ham radio doors 
that were done without a fossil driver, and ran with a DORINFO1.DEF dropfile.
They included:

1) ARPD - a packet radio interface door (worked best with the MFJ 1270C
TNC, a connecting RS232 cable to the computer, and a rig).

  The packet door would change the callsign of the TNC from the Sysop to
the user (a special control file only allowed licensed hams to enter the
door), then opened a capture buffer to record everything. When the user
exited the door, the TNC was reset back to the values with the Sysop's
info. The door even had a small mailbox for hams to leave messasges to
the Sysop, if they weren't a user on the BBS.

2) QRZDOOR - a door that could look up callsigns from QRZ (data CD's are no 
longer made, but you can use it for nostalgia if you still had a data CD).
But, there are quicker ways and sites to get callsign data.

3) WASPORT - A door to track ones progress in the ARRL Worked All States 
Competition. It includes a special sysop configurable mode.

4) REGSCAN - A door to view and search Part 97 of the FCC Rules

5) BULLET - a door for 26 different items (that could be used for categories 
besides ham radio).

  With Synchronet's DOSXTRN feature that allows non-fossil doors to run
under telnet, these doors work perfectly. 

  I have them available for download in my files area. Only the WASPORT door
and the ARPD door require the Sysop to have a ham radio license.

Daryl, WX4QZ

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