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- This documentation file accompanying PA0GRI NOS version 910531v1.6h
- (N1BEE-910608v0.1) is prepared by Mike Bilow, N1BEE, who takes sole
- responsibility for its contents.
-
- I. Things to watch out for
-
- The default startup file is AUTOEXEC.NOS, which is different from the
- usual naming convention used by KA9Q and G1EMM. This can be overridden from
- the command line.
-
- PA0GRI NOS requires a period following the domain suffix argument
- ("ampr.org.") in the AUTOEXEC.NOS file. Again, this is different from G1EMM.
-
- The "mail" command invokes BM.EXE by default; the MAILER environment
- variable is tested and will override this with an alternative mailer name if
- you want to do that.
-
- This NOS is very large. Part of that is just because I elected to compile
- in most of the standard options so that those interested in putting this
- software through its paces could do so. I strongly recommend including "mem
- eff on" as the first command in the AUTOEXEC.NOS file; otherwise the program
- will probably crash.
-
- II. Known bugs
-
- The bug which prevented the "param" command from working at all was
- repaired by me, using exactly the code suggested by WD5HLS in the NOS
- developers conference on the Internet yesterday.
-
- The DRSI drivers work as badly in PA0GRI as they do everywhere else. In
- particular, all outgoing frames containing data show a checksum error when
- traced. The frames are being transmitted correctly, however. This error is
- not the fault of PA0GRI, who is using the DRSI drivers as supplied. I don't
- expect the asy drivers to be as buggy, but I have no way of testing them at my
- station, which runs exclusively DRSI hardware.
-
- III. General warnings
-
- This is brand new code. Look upon it as an experiment. To make matters
- worse, I had to modify some things in order to get it to compile using Borland
- C++ 2.0 (in standard C mode, of course). Some of these things are fairly
- important, such as storage classes and function calling conventions. It is a
- great deal cleaner than the G1EMM source, and I have a lot more confidence in
- it for that reason.
-
- Although this is something of the "deluxe" model with everything stuffed
- into it, including NETROM, POP, RIP, RSPF, NNTP, and who knows what else, I
- can't really attest to any of it actually working correctly. I have had it on
- the air and it succeeded in sending and receiving mail, but the first useful
- thing I am going to be doing with it will probably be making it FTP itself to
- the WB6NIL switch!
-
- IV. Source code
-
- I plan to post the source code, both the original and with my
- modifications, to the ChowdaNet landline BBS, (401)331-0334. The ZIPped
- source is about 600K. I do not think it is appropriate to allow something
- this large to go out via FTP.
-
- V. Feedback
-
- I would be interested in hearing any reports from users of this NOS, even
- on a trial basis. Bug reports and so forth are expected.
-
- -- Mike Bilow, 08 June 91, 1000z
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