On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Bob Meyer wrote:
> Harold Hartley wrote:
>
> > you can find the web site at http://www.tapr.org/~wa0ptv and it tells
> > you the concept of it..
>
....
> My question is; what does it have to do with web pages?
>
> Bob
Bob, et. al.
This is sort of a synopsys of the article for those who do not reveive
QST:
It is a configurable server designed for limited web pages from the
internet to include callbook servers, dxcluster, or any other service you
wish to provide and will interface to http on the 'net.
According to the QST article (written by John Hansen, W2FS) the server
uses UI frames exclusively, so essentially it runs in broadcast mode all
the time. So what I gather is that depending on the request and baud rate
of the requesting station, different information replies to the requester
are sent (it is up to the requesting stationor server to determine
efficiency of his/her connection - baud rate, etc.).
In other words, the server understands a request qrz://kb6fst and does a
callsign lookup. Or html://kb6fst.ampr.org and recieves html markup
homepage - obviously ineficient at 1200 baud, but graphics would be
possible at higher speeds. Or http://kb6fst.ampr.org and gets a text only
reply of the homepage with no markup - for slow connections.
The server is setup to allow/deny types of requests/pages available based
on the chosen setup and appears to be very flexible, particularly for
mobile sites. There is a client program for "browsing" available, although
its possible to use a terminal if you ignore the headers.
There are more examples in the article in QST. It looks very interesting.
I may have to accelerate my reading of "Learning Perl"
John C.
KB6FST
