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Thanks for the quick and thoughtful reply Barry.<BR>
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On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 10:58 -0500, Barry Siegfried wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Oh well - I may not have any neighbors:-(</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">You sort of need to know who your Net/Rom neighbors are ahead of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">time.</FONT>
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Well... Per "Your Gateway to Packet Radio, by Stan WA1LOU 1989" pg 11-16 I was hopeful that manual discovery was not required. I quote: "...because each NET/ROM node automatically updates its node list periodically, and whenever a new node comes on the air, the other NET/ROM nodes become aware...". I know about manual node entry, but is this a lot more manual than advertised? I know I'm surrounded with KA NODES, but netrom???
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>SNIP<<FONT COLOR="#000000"> If you don't have a user application then you</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">have no need to compile in the Net/Rom level 4 (transport) support.</FONT>
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OK, I've got revision to my own documentation made... <B>THANKS!</B>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > the status display remains buggered up. WHY?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Have you tried a power reset on the monitor? Maybe it could be a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">monitor issue?</FONT>
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OK - This morning I went the one more step all the way to COLD...<BR>
NOPE - same result / the status screen on "F2" session is not healthy.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">You mean, this only happens after you have attached Net/Rom?</FONT>
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YES INDEED - and because back-tracking does not produce the same result I'm satisfied netrom has modified something really basic in the interface to the status screen. At this moment I can't say it is at the Linux level since I have not found other software to be effected. I suspect (without proof) that jnos modified itself in some permanent way that survives re-start. Intentionally? I don't know.
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Nope - I have not found warning to avoid netrom as a feature...</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Can anyone make sense of this?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Time is not an issue - but I'd like my good jnos back...</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I don't blame you!</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">73, de Barry, K2MF >></FONT>
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I can't tell you what is next at this moment - I pray rebuilding from scratch is not on the list...<BR>
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THANKS AGAIN<BR>
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