howellg@idec.stc.co.uk (Gareth Howell) (12/01/87)
I have a Pacomm TNC220 on which I want to run KISS and thence the KA9Q tcp/ip package. Unfortunately I don't have a KISS for the TNC. Can anybody help. I would prefer the co-resident bootstrap with a downloaded KISS module if possible. ta Gareth ==== -- Gareth Howell <howellg@idec.stc.co.uk> G6KVK @ IO91VX ICL NS PNBC, England, SG1 1YB Tel:+44 (0)438 738294 howellg%idec%ukc@mcvax.uucp, mcvax!ukc!idec!howellg@uunet.uu.net G6KVK @ G4SPV (uk packet 144.650MHz)
bill@trotter.usma.edu (Bill Gunshannon) (12/16/87)
Having spoken with PAC-COMM on this subject, I have bad news for you.
Because the 220 is not a TNC-1 or TNC-2 clone but a complete redesign
by PAC-COMM the existing KISS PROMs won't work and no one that PAC-COMM
is aware of has written KISS for the 220 specificly.
I know it is hardly comforting but the best solution I can think of is
to purchase another TNC for just running KISS and TCP-IP. Again PAC-COMM
has a new product called the TINY-2 which is a reduced size TNC-2 imitator.
It does use the normal TNC-2 PROM so you can put in one of the existing
KISS implementations.
Good luck.
P.S. If anyone can prove me wrong please do as I have a TNC220 also and
would love to be able to run KISS in it as well as my KANTRONICS!!!
73's
bill gunshannon
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AX.25: KB3YV @ K3RLI PHONE: HOME (914)565-5256karn@faline.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn) (12/18/87)
> P.S. If anyone can prove me wrong please do as I have a TNC220 also and > would love to be able to run KISS in it as well as my KANTRONICS!!! I'm not sure what you meant by the reference to Kantronics, but they now support SLIP on all their TNCs. They advertise it as "TCP/IP compatibility". I appreciate the plug, but "KISS compatibility" would have been more accurate and descriptive. Phil