CompuServe Thread

#Amiga / Packet Radio

4 messages in this thread
#132612From: Dale SchlottJun 30, 1988 3:52 PM
Ben, Just downloaded CoComm & KanTNC.arc. They look very good but don't think it will satisfy Harry. His HP term reads the system clock and updates the tnc automatically. Unless I'm missing something, I don't think CoComm can do that. Again, as far I'm conserned CoComm is great, but to Harry… Well, you'd never understand without meeting the guy. I'm going to whip up a short program that will set his clock. He'll have to run it before bringing up CoComm, but maybe that'll be alright. Dale
#132761From: Ben BlishJul 1, 1988 8:32 PM
Dale, CoComm can read his clock, no problem. It can read it into a temp file in ram, proceedurally build a new time format in another file depending on the contents of the first file, then set the system from that – or it can do it in the reverse order, of course. IT can also execute any program you write to do that from a macro key. Furthermore, since you can define a macro key to be executed automatically on startup, it will be completely transparent to him once it is written, no matter how you choose to do it. –Ben–
#132950From: Dale SchlottJul 3, 1988 2:06 AM
Ben, I showed CoComm to Harry today. His first response was.. "I don't need all those buttons. I can type the commands in faster." But, after showing him around for a while, he admitted he liked it. (He spent half an hour sending CQ's with the Happy-faces in the syms config for pete-sakes. No one answered him) 😉 I think you'll see the $15 shareware contribution from him. He really wants the manual. 🙂 Dale
#133083From: Ben BlishJul 3, 1988 9:53 PM
Glad he got some use out of it… that packet config was a pretty good effort, as you might guess from all the files associated with it. Took me about a day, I think, to get it just right. The idea of the buttons is so you can forget the commands – use your brain for hamming around, instead of #2 repository of the TNC manual. I used to be faster on the kbd, too… but now I don't even know what the cmds _are_! and that's the way I want it. <grin> –Ben–