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KB2VXA > WINPAC 31.08.13 08:24l 62 Lines 2439 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 43349_VK6ZRT
Read: GUEST
Subj: Re: VK2AWZ > No 32 bit Winpack
Path: IZ3LSV<IR1UAW<IK1NHL<CX2SA<ZL2BAU<VK4TUB<VK6ZRT
Sent: 130830/1246Z @:VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC #:43349 [Boyanup] $:43349_VK6ZRT
From: KB2VXA@VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC
To : WINPAC@WW
Hi Dave and all invisible hams,
Now it's making sense, correct, packet is doomed unless 32 bit user programs
are developed. Make that 64 bit and add a bunch of other digital radio
software, even 32 bit OS is being phased out.
Oh I already know that Winpack and FBB are compatible, I have been using it
for years and as ex sysop of the regional radio BBS I know it uses FBB over
DOS. Yeah DOS, ancient but extremely reliable and pretty much bulletproof,
ideal for a remote location. Oh thanks for mentioning that BTW, there may be
a survivor who doesn't know.
A little more detail on WHY packet is doomed as in above, the few new sysops
out there don't have a clue and one missing clue is dig up some old software
and have a go. My old sysop Ray VK2TV built an APRS node without a power
hungry computer and is working on a BBS tossing the carbon dog a Raspberry Pi
bone but not all of us are so geeky.
In the name of Packet I salute thee Queen Julia!
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Message timed by NIST: 30-Aug-2013 at 12:41 GMT
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