Article: 51378 of rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc Subject: Re: HP 48gx and packet References: <1156474588.409281.263030@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> From: "Doug McLaren" Message-ID: Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:50:48 GMT In article , Dr. Anton T. Squeegee wrote: | Maybe it's just me, but... Is there a specific reason anyone would | want to use a scientific calculator as a packet terminal? Don't hams usually have an urge to tinker with things, use them in ways they're not really meant to be used? | Seems to me it'd be a lot easier just to use... a terminal! Or a PC | with appropriate software. Well, it does have a serial port, keyboard and screen, and it's very small and uses very little power. It sounds like a great serial console to me if done right ... -- Doug McLaren, dougmc@frenzied.us Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. --Robert F. Kennedy Article: 51381 of rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc From: "mike boersma" Subject: Re: HP 48gx and packet Date: 2 Sep 2006 08:04:45 -0700 Message-ID: <1157209485.169063.174770@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> References: <1156474588.409281.263030@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> Good points. The HP 48 is small. Its portable. It has as much or more computing power than some of the early computers used for packet. It has a 4 pin to DS9 serial cable. It also has a 9600 modem built in. These are all features suggestive of a terminal for packet, especially packet with a HT. OTOH, there may be good technical reasons for not trying this (size of or lack of keyboard, lack of appropriate cable [it is difficult, but possible, to use a HP48 with a telephone modem due to cable issues], lack of appropriate software, or TNC incombatability). Thus my question for this learned forum. Mike Dr. Anton T. Squeegee wrote: > In article <1156474588.409281.263030@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>, > mike.boersma@gmail.com (known to some as mike boersma) scribed... > > > I am interested in using my HP 48gx for a HT packet setup. Does anyone > > out there have any advice regarding hardware/software for doing this? I > > have the serial cable, so I think that I am good with the hardware, but > > would like any advice. > > Maybe it's just me, but... Is there a specific reason anyone would > want to use a scientific calculator as a packet terminal? > > Seems to me it'd be a lot easier just to use... a terminal! Or a PC > with appropriate software. > > Just a thought. > > Happy tweaking. > > > -- > Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute > (Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR) > http://www.bluefeathertech.com -- kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t calm > "Salvadore Dali's computer has surreal ports..." Article: 51382 of rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc From: Dr. Anton T. Squeegee Subject: Re: HP 48gx and packet Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 00:56:03 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1156474588.409281.263030@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> In article , dougmc+usenet- 20060901@frenzied.us (known to some as Doug McLaren) scribed... > In article , > Dr. Anton T. Squeegee wrote: > > | Maybe it's just me, but... Is there a specific reason anyone would > | want to use a scientific calculator as a packet terminal? > > Don't hams usually have an urge to tinker with things, use them in > ways they're not really meant to be used? Of course we do. ;-) I'm not saying 'Don't do it,' I'm just saying it didn't make much sense to me. A calculator, in my eyes, is just that: A handy tool for doing math. That's all I want it to be, that's all I ever need it to be. > | Seems to me it'd be a lot easier just to use... a terminal! Or a PC > | with appropriate software. > > Well, it does have a serial port, keyboard and screen, and it's very > small and uses very little power. It sounds like a great serial > console to me if done right ... Perhaps, but typing on the thing would be a bloody nightmare from the get-go. Keep the peace(es). > > -- Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute (Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR) http://www.bluefeathertech.com -- kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t calm "Salvadore Dali's computer has surreal ports..." Article: 51383 of rec.radio.amateur.digital.misc Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 06:43:55 -0500 From: Gary Subject: Packet BBS? Message-ID: A new amateur has asked me about packet radio bbs's and I have no idea how to respond. He is interested in knowing about the bbs system and I'm thinking he is about 10 years too late. He is located in North Texas in the DFW area. Anyone know of any bbs systems available in that region?