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- The Conference command allows you to see what stations are currently connected
- in conference mode. You can also enter the conference or start one if none is
- currently active. When stations are connected in conference mode anything typed
- by one station is seen by all stations. All of the software to do this is con-
- tained in this system. Any TNC can be used by stations connected in conference
- mode with any computer or terminal. In some respects the overhead is rather
- high in terms of channel utilization since a packet typed by one station is
- sent to all of the stations in conference mode individually and acknowledged
- by each station individually. Another mode of conferencing will be made avail-
- able in the future to stations with KISS mode compatible TNCs and IBM PCs (and
- possibly also C-64s). The easiest way to see what conference mode does now is
- to enter it using the C command. Even if you are the only station in the
- conference you will get an idea of what you would see if there were others. To
- terminate conference mode, simply disconnect from the system.
- Several commands are possible when in Conference mode. All begin with
- control/Z (^Z). Some have parameters. Here is the list:
- ^ZA To add a DX station heard to the spotting list (Add)
- ^ZB To disconnect from the system (Bye)
- ^ZD To display the DX spotting list (Display)
- ^ZP chan # To ask a station on BBS to join the conference (Page)
- ^ZR To go back to BBS (Return)
- ^ZU To list the current stations on the BBS or Conference
- Mode (Users)
- The list users command gives output like this: WA8BXN (B/4)
- which means that WA8BXN is using the BBS and is on channel number 4. The
- 4 would be used with the Page command that asks WA8BXN to join the conference.
- The DX spotting list commands (^ZA and ^ZD) allow adding to or displaying
- the 5 line buffer that may be used to report DX stations heard. The date,
- time and call of station using the ^ZA command is automically added to the
- remaining characters on the ^ZA command line. Thus you might type
- ^ZA XY0ABC on 14.112 listening up 20
- for example. The ^ZA command both adds what you type at the bottom of the
- list and will also broadcast it to all stations in conference. Note that
- most of what you get in response to these commands is NOT seen by other
- stations.
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