[Packet] Packet and Linux

[Tom]

On the same subject, what Linux distribution do you use?

I have an old Packard Bell Pentium 120 that has been sitting around for a 
while and I thought about using it as a dedicated packet node.

Thanks,

Tom
KD5TIE

At 08:52 AM 9/23/2002, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer said 
something like:
>Doug, any dumb terminal program that will run a modem (no need for
>automatic dialing commands) will run a TNC and with the same cable,
>though some of the pins on a TNC connector shouldn't have connections. A
>9 pin to modem cable solves that problem automatically.
>
>If you install the AX.25 kernel modules, Linux can act as a BBS or node,
>probably fancier than you wish to begin with.
>
>73, Jerry, K0CQ
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