Even when I have been away from packet for some time after being a sysop for some twelve years, I have the feeling, but still not the certainty that having MultiPSK to serve as a transparent dumb modem also would be a good thing.
Creating a good packet terminal is not trivial, I used FBB for years since version 5.13 and I don't see the need to duplicate the job that Jean Paul Roubelat did. Maybe it still would accept improvements, but I don't see much room for that. It is a job well done and hard to improve when all bases seem well covered. I used pure packet for some six years using BPQ or the Linux AX.25 engine, until I began using a PTC-II and after seeing what it does I just quit HF packet, Pactor II being better by far, just by having a more reliable transfer mechanism than classic packet. I was using FBB, as JNOS 1.11 did not handle the PTC back then. MultiPSK has a suite of modes that could still be useful and unique on HF, and particularly, I like PAX for that, and maybe ALE 400 as modulation / ARQ scheme could be useful too. Maybe others with a full alphabet (required for compressed forwarding) could be useful. I really have not though much about the tiny details. I am not sure about the situation beyond my area, but I certainly do miss HF BBS's, as I had a fruitful and nice experience after all those years. Maybe I need some people to excuse me, but I never liked AGW, perhaps I never did understand it well. I never used extra features of MixW, more interested in its sound card modes, but they never meant an obstacle either. I did use TeraTerm 2.3 and did like it too. I don't know if others could agree with me, I am aware it is not too easy to do, but maybe Patrick could do some research into making it available as a dumb terminal using TCP/IP, KISS or host mode. Just daydreaming by now, but, who knows? I am already used to get nice surprises from MultiPSK. 73, Jose, CO2JA --- Patrick Lindecker wrote: > Hello, > > Multipsk can also be used for a sound-card terminal for Packet (with > many other possibilities). But you can also use AGW Packet engine > (and of course Mixw). > > 73 Patrick
