Re: Netrom
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýNET/ROM and TheNET were very similar. ?Both run in an EPROM in a Z80 TNC-2 made by TAPR or licensed from TAPR. ?Companies that made these include AEA, PacComm, MFJ, DRSI, maybe others. The EPROM was a 27256 or 27512 (maybe 27513) depending on the vintage of the program. ?TheNET and NET/ROM both included elements of the same open source project.? The were functionally compatible on the air and had similar programming. ?TheNET was free, and released in a dozen different versions by several different authors and was itself open source. TheNET had the callsign and node-name set in the EPROM which could be read and modified if you had the appropriate programs and EPROM tools (hardware).? NETROM was closed source and sold as a commercial product by Software 2000 for about $70 per EPROM. ?The callsign was encrypted in the EPROM but everything else could be changed over-the-air. ? If you want to write an EPROM for a TNC-2 compatible TNC, look for TheNET.? I edited a book on the subject of TheNET back in 1994 that was published by NEDA. (North East Digital Association). ? It¡¯s on?.? |
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