KA9Q, was Re: Retrochallenge, 2005

[Stan Barr]

Hi,

Tom Jennings said:
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Stan Barr wrote:
> 
> > I also ran KA9Q tcp/ip over packet radio on a 386 with MSDOS for quite a
> > while (and I think I've still got the disks somewhere), does that count
> > as "online"?
> 
> Damn right it does! We (the little garden) ran a whole internet on
> 40 MHz 386 boxes with KA9Q as router for four member/customers
> (four serial cards and four modems, with ethernet to a 3COM
> Brouter or in some cases another KA9Q box as uplink).  Around
> 1992. Real TCP/IP and minimal routing, plus local (keyboard/CRT)
> support for client and servers.  Doesn't get more real than that!

I've come over all nostalgic!  I think I'll dig out a 386, find the disks,
sort out my ex-taxi radio and get it going again, assuming there's still
some activity and a node I can reach from here.   There are disadvantges 
to being down at sea-level surrounded by hills :-(

-- 
Cheers,
Stan Barr  stanb at dial.pipex.com

The future was never like this!