[nos-bbs] New here - beginner getting started questions

[devin davison]

Quite a helpful book. I have been reading it all day over here. I have
not attempted to connect a radio just yet.  I have JNOS running with
its default config. I am able to try out the bbs and other commands. I
would like to get the ethernet interface running so i can
telnet,ftp,etc, to the machine form other machines on my network. From
what i understand , i need to load some  kind of driver in dos first
so jnos can use the network card, although i am unsure of what driver
i need. I think the driver needs to be included of the autoexec.bat
file so it is loaded up with dos, but i am unsure.

--Devin



On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Ian_Wade_G3NRW <g3nrw-radio at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Devin
>
> Welcome to the group.
>
> As background information, you may care to skim through my book "NOSintro --
> TCP over Packet Radio -- An Introduction to the KA9Q Network Operating
> System":
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> www.g3nrw.net/NOSintro
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Although it has been a long time out of print, the book contains many of the
> basic ideas which are still applicable today, with plenty of simple diagrams
> showing what is going on.
>
> A pdf file of the whole book is now available on-line, at
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> www.g3nrw.net/NOSintro/NOSintro.pdf
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Good luck.
>
> --
> 73
> Ian, G3NRW
> g3nrw at g3nrw.net
>
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>
>
>
> On 01/06/2017 23:55, devin davison wrote:
>>
>> Hello, my name is Devin. I have had my Amateur technicians licence for
>> about 3 years now, call sign KM4BOE. I have had an interest in packet
>> and digital modes for a while, but have not gotten much done yet. I
>> Have  a few different TNC's to get started with.
>>
>> I am interested in getting a NOS variant running under DOS and UNIX.
>> It may not be the most practical thing in the world, but i was trying
>> out jnos on an 8088 luggable pc. Aside from not knowing how to
>> configure things, it seemed to be working well enough. I also have a
>> large collection of old machines that run UNIX. they already run full
>> time under a dialup modem, i was looking to make them do a bit more
>> and see if i could get a nos variant running full time.
>>
>> I know quite a bit about old computer hardware and such, however i
>> have limited knowlege when it comes to radio. I am looking for advice
>> to get me moving in the right direction. What needs to be done to get
>> my hardware on the air and connected to other systems? Is there any
>> database of other machines near me that i can link to?
>>
>> --Devin
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