> It requires a SCS multimode box and a Pactor III license. OS can be > whatever > that communicates with the box. I have used MSDOS, Windows and Linux, so > the OS is not an issue. It is just communicating a DTE with a DCE. SCS > uses a > form of advanced host mode that requires a suitable program to make the > best use > of it. It may be made to work on a DUMB telephone terminal
That is helpful news. One of the three vulnerable legs of SCS has been clarified as not as vulnerable as thought and subject to "MacGuyver" makeshift redundancy. However, SCS still retains a pair of rare, costly, and vulnerable elements - proprietary SCS hardware and SCS software. Nice to have in the mix, if one can spare the precious cash from the budget, but not on what one wants to hang one's entire disaster communications hat! It would appear that Winlink2000 is a different kettle of fish, dependent on one or more of the proprietary, costly, big-hardware dependent, and problem-plagued MS versions of windows. A poor choice for field deployment, though another optional tool. Not a robustly redundant tool due to hardware and software dependencies. We have to be able to do better! IMHO, YMMV ... -- Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Projects: http://ham-macguyver.bibleseven.com Personal: http://bibleseven.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
