On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> That's interesting. I know there is a problem with some versions of
> MFJ and TAPR firmware where the KISS params will reset, but haven't
> heard of it happening with PacComm or dedicated KISS firmware. The
> reset I am talking about was introduced by N2WX into the firmware to
> supposedly "cure" an obscure KISS problem which nobody seems to
> understand and is hard to duplicate (although the reset can cause
> serious problems itself for anyone who does not use the defaults).
> I've used dedicated KISS eproms for thousands of hours without
> problems. The JKISS image which comes with BPQ has been very reliable.
Yes, that is something that I was going to mention - I have used JKISS
proms in a BSX2 (a tiny2 clone) under KA9Q for years without any problem.
The only problem(?) is that the callsign is hard-coded in.
I haven't tried those TNC's under linux (yet).
Geoff
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