[nos-bbs] Update - JNOS development (or lack thereof) and PK232...

[Mark Phillips]

Hi Angela,

Does your unit support PACTOR? I don;t think that it does unless it's
full of daughter boards where someone has upgraded it at some time.

When AEA issued the PK232MBX model they changed the LEDs to different
colours so as to tell them appart visually. Then they queered the pitch
by making an MBX addon for the non MBX boards. Later they made DSP and
even PSK-31 addon's.

You can do regular packet with it by using the KISS mode but frankly
that's a wast of a multi mode unit.

Mark

On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 20:46 +0000, Angela M1SCH/PE1BIV wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Phillips" <g7ltt at g7ltt.com>
> 
> > Thanks very much for your efforts on the PK232 front. There are so many
> > of these things floating around that they would make a fine addition to
> > the HF linking efforts of JNOS users.
> >
> > A recent look on ebay showed that a PK232 with V7 firmware goes for
> > about US$100 however they sell for less than US$50 at hamfests (I bought
> > 2 just this past weekend).
> I actually bought a PK232 last year at an auction by offering 5 euro for
> nostalgia (it was initially set in for 50 euro).
> I had not yet thought of really using it.
> 
> > For those of you with PK232 aspirations the one you want to get has
> > multi-coloured LED's on the front. The one with the all red LED's can be
> > used but the hardware is a few revisions older and you MAY need to spend
> > money on it. Frankly it's not worth it.
> The unit I bought is the version with only red LEDs, but as far as I could
> see it was fitted with the original MBX upgrade.
> I never used a PK232 before, but as I recall the upgraded version was
> further identical, firmware and capabilities, with the units newly sold as
> PK232MBX, except for the \coloured LEDs.
> So, I guess it's also worth while to check for the upgraded version.
> 
> FYI. I use JNOS on a system with the HZP OptoSCC cards (2) and external
> modems.
> The system is currently a P166, but I want to swap the board for an AMD
> K5-300. The JNOS version is still 1.11f.
> A 2nd JNOS system is used as web server (Internet and Packet Radio) and
> incoming mail server (Internet). I still want to set up NNTP on a 3th system
> for the Packet Bulletins.
> 
> 
> Rgs, 73, Angela
> 
> 
> 
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Mark Phillips, G7LTT/NI2O
Randolph, NJ