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- Welcome to the KA9Q Internet Software Package.
- Revision 890421.0
-
- IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY MADE YOUR BACKUP COPIES, DO IT NOW
-
- As distributed, this package contains two diskettes:
-
- 1ea Plug and Play disk configured for use with an
- IBM PC/clone.
-
- 1ea Documentation and TNC software disk.
-
- As a first time, or early user you will initially be
- interested in the Plug and Play disk. If you are interested in
- doing development work or browsing through the source code you
- will find want to obtain our other 2-disk set that contains all
- of the sourcecode in 'C'.
-
- This disk is designed to help you get on the air as quickly as
- possible running the TCP/IP protocol suite. What has been
- done is to put together a disk that is ready to run, except
- for a few simple site-specific things that you'll have to do
- yourself.
-
- The files you need to modify are the 4 files that contain
- information specific to your machine and situation. Use your
- favorite text editor to make the required changes. The files
- that are provided have been heavily annotated to *briefly*
- describe what each function is. See the documentation referred
- to below for complete explanations.
-
- The files that need to be changed are:
-
- \AUTOEXEC.NET - primary config file for the NET.EXE
- program. Check each entry line that does
- NOT begin with an '#'. Substitute your
- callsign, etc as appropriate.
- \FTPUSERS - follow the instructions on the sample file,
- making changes as necessary.
- \BM.RC - check your hostname, username, and favorite
- editor.
- \HOST.NET - prepare a separate hosts.net file which
- will reflect the hosts accessible from your
- computer.
-
- Once you've done this, you should be able to run NET.EXE
- successfully.
-
- If you have a problem which appears to be hardware related
- there is a good deal of information in the documentation
- provided. Your easiest solution may, however, be to get in
- touch with someone who is already running TCP/IP on your type
- of equipment. Problems always seem to get fixed faster when
- there's an expert around!
-
- You will find that this disk is organized into several
- subdirectories, and with the files contained therein as
- follows:
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- \(ROOT)__ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . autoexec.net
- | ftpusers
- | hosts.net
- | bm.rc
- | *net.exe
- | *bm.exe
- |
- |___SPOOL_. . . . . . . . . . .** net.log
- |
- |
- |___MAIL. . . . . . .** user.seq
- | ** user.txt
- |
- |___MQUEUE. . . . . .** sequence.seq
- | ** #.txt
- | ** #.wrk
- |
- |___RQUEUE. . . . . .used if you're a mail
- gateway...
-
-
- (As an aside, if you duplicate this disk for a friend, and you are
- *encouraged* to do so, you must use diskcopy and not 'copy *.*'
- since there are subdirectories involved)
-
- NOTES
- * If you are using a hard disk the subdirectory
- configuration should be the same as shown EXCEPT that
- the files marked with a single asterisk '*' need to be
- placed in a separate subdirectory of your root directory.
- This directory can be called NET, TCPIP or anything of
- your choice. This subdirectory then becomes the one from
- which you will execute NET.EXE.
-
- ** The files marked with a double asterisk '**' will be
- automagically installed for you when you execute BM.EXE.
-
- NET_DOC.ARC is a compressed file containing USERMAN.DOC.
- You will want to read USERMAN.DOC as soon as possible,
- look for it on disk 2 of 2.
-
- Future revisions:
- Revisions to the KA9Q code have been occurring approximately
- once per year. When they occur they are announced on the
- global Internet, Compuserve, TAPR's Packet Status Register
- newsletter, Gateway, packet BBS's and almost anywhere amateur
- news travels. Revisions, when announced, are available as
- follows:
-
- Floppies (IBM format):
- Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR)
- Box 12925
- Tucson AZ
- 85732
- (602) 323-1710
-
- Floppies (other than IBM format):
- Future arrangements will be announced when made.
-
- Comments and suggestions concerning this disk package
- should be addressed to:
-
- Andy Freeborn N0CCZ
- President, TAPR
- 5222 Borrego Drive
- Colorado Springs CO
- 80918
- N0CCZ @ K0HOA
- uucp: winfree!andy
- arpa: andy%winfree@col.hp.com
-
- Addendum:
- The following suggestion for floppy users provided by John
- Conner, WD0FHG.
- ------
- Note to floppy users with two drives and using DOS 3.0 or
- later (you don't have two drives?---go trade a HT battery pack
- for one they are much more useful :-):
-
- At present NET does not understand different drives. To make B:
- accessable to NET enter the following command from A:> BEFORE
- running NET.
-
- JOIN B: A:\PUBLIC
-
- This command makes drive B: appear to be the subdirectory PUBLIC
- on drive A: and all files and subdirectories on B: can be accessed
- by adding \PUBLIC\ to the file name. In effect we just doubled the
- size of the A: drive. A couple of cautions about using this command.
- First be sure you have a formated disk in B: when running NET or it
- will hang trying to read the B: disk. Second the JOIN command is
- actually a file on your DOS disk and will need to be on the disk
- in the A: drive when you enter the command.
- ( PUBLIC can be any name that is not already used on drive A:. I
- use the \PUBLIC as the area all ftp users have access to. WD0FHG)
-
-