[amsat-bb] Re: ISS PACKET

[George Henry]

A TNC is basically a glorified modem.  As such, it doesn't care what OS is 
running on the computer - DOS, XP, Vista, Linux, Mac OS X, etc, or even 
whether you use a computer at all:  a TNC will even work with a dumb 
terminal.

George, KA3HSW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Scheller" <nh6vb at msn.com>
To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:28 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS PACKET


> Hello to all,
>
> I have a PacComm TINY-2 MK-2 TNC and would like to use it for ISS Packet.
>
> My question is: Can I use it with a computer running MS Windows XP, or do 
> I
> need a DOS based OS to use this type TNC?
>
> What software is necessary to run on Windows XP and possible APRS?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Peter, NH6VB
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