#SLIP…
Thank you for getting in touch with John Heaton. Sometimes it is difficult
to track somebody down with ancient addresses within documentation.
I DID look at the source code for KA9Q or AmigaNOS (can't remember which)
and have to admit to not being a good enough C programmer to easily "slip"
some extra code in place to do what I want to do. I did try a little
something, but had so many problems that I gave up (I have other things to
work on).
I can easily understand the lack of interest in "land-line stuff". They
have no need, and I have heard that KA9Q is GREAT for what they use it
for. I was hoping that some other hot C programmer would see the need and
attempt to make the necessary patches. Oh well.
I had downloaded 2.9g (or so I thought) and don't remember seeing any
reference to ARexx. There wasn't anything in the "command list" and there
wasn't any documentation.
You/he mentioned "NOS standards people". Who is this? I am aware of the
Internet standards committees, but never heard of any NOS standards?
It is too bad that nobody really seems interested in the asynch SLIP
capability. This would give DIRECT Internet access to us "land-liners" via
our existing voice lines – no more "sneaker net" between Internet access
at work and our machines at home. Guess you really have to know about the
Internet and have developed the need to "be there" before embarking on
such a project.
Real World:southern Illinois, USA Internet:ca0008 at siucvmb.siu.edu