[nos-bbs] JNOS (#define B2F) - fwding problem/disaster with *older* systems

[Ted Gervais]

The change to #undef B2F  works for me.



On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Maiko Langelaar <maiko at pcs.mb.ca> wrote:

>
>  If the connecting station is a '1' (regular FBB or whatever) and the
>> connected to station is a '2' (B2F) won't both use the lowest common
>> ('1') protocol.
>>
>
> Yes, it's supposed to work that way.
>
>  Does this mean the current JNOS is treating the incoming as B2F even
>> when it's not and the sending station has said it's a '1' only system.
>>
>
> The dosid() call is supposed to reset to the lowest common denominator.
>
> I will have to double check (now I'm paranoid) to make sure that is the
> case. I really thought it was, and I am pretty sure when I sent the '2'
> in the SID to the WinFbb system, it caused some sort of problem, even
> when I went to the lower FBB level offered to me by that system.
>
> I'll double check all of this. In the meantime, the 'mbox nob2f' is a
> another way around this for now. It does fix the problem, as I've had
> several users use it to get things working again.
>
> Stay tuned :(
>
> Maiko Langelaar / VE4KLM
>
>
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