[gopher] Gopher and amateur radio

[Cameron Kaiser]

> > > Very interesting.  I'm just getting into amateur radio myself, and 
> > > experimenting with digital modes is very much on my list of things
> > > to try.  Are people running TCP over AX.25?  And where can I read about 
> > > KISS packet radio?
> > 
> > John, packet radio isn't exactly dead, but it's not nearly as popular
> > as it once was.  APRS is probably the most widespread implementation
> > of packet radio right now.  TAPR (http://www.tapr.org) is still
> > kicking about in the packet arena. The movement now is towards
> > high-speed mesh networks (a Google search for HSMM will turn up loads
> > of hits).  Also, there is a lot of activity in HF digital modes, esp.
> > since all that's required now is a sound card, appropriate interface,
> > and an HF rig.  Because of the limited bandwidth and lower S/N ratios
> > on HF, throughput is rather limited to 300 baud or less (which makes
> > gopher even more ideal in these situations).
> 
> So I guess this begs the question. I'm sure with stuff like MixW (which
> is a pretty neat package) you can mimic a NIC and then run any Gopher
> client or Firefox, etc.
> 
> But with simple AX.25, what would be the best way to do that? A server
> that offers a line mode client?

... by which I mean the TNC receives a selector, and sends back, line by
line, either the file or a gopher menu.

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