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This documentation file accompanying PA0GRI NOS version 910531v1.6h
(N1BEE-910608v0.1) is prepared by Mike Bilow, N1BEE, who takes sole
responsibility for its contents.
I. Things to watch out for
The default startup file is AUTOEXEC.NOS, which is different from the
usual naming convention used by KA9Q and G1EMM. This can be overridden from
the command line.
PA0GRI NOS requires a period following the domain suffix argument
("ampr.org.") in the AUTOEXEC.NOS file. Again, this is different from G1EMM.
The "mail" command invokes BM.EXE by default; the MAILER environment
variable is tested and will override this with an alternative mailer name if
you want to do that.
This NOS is very large. Part of that is just because I elected to compile
in most of the standard options so that those interested in putting this
software through its paces could do so. I strongly recommend including "mem
eff on" as the first command in the AUTOEXEC.NOS file; otherwise the program
will probably crash.
II. Known bugs
The bug which prevented the "param" command from working at all was
repaired by me, using exactly the code suggested by WD5HLS in the NOS
developers conference on the Internet yesterday.
The DRSI drivers work as badly in PA0GRI as they do everywhere else. In
particular, all outgoing frames containing data show a checksum error when
traced. The frames are being transmitted correctly, however. This error is
not the fault of PA0GRI, who is using the DRSI drivers as supplied. I don't
expect the asy drivers to be as buggy, but I have no way of testing them at my
station, which runs exclusively DRSI hardware.
III. General warnings
This is brand new code. Look upon it as an experiment. To make matters
worse, I had to modify some things in order to get it to compile using Borland
C++ 2.0 (in standard C mode, of course). Some of these things are fairly
important, such as storage classes and function calling conventions. It is a
great deal cleaner than the G1EMM source, and I have a lot more confidence in
it for that reason.
Although this is something of the "deluxe" model with everything stuffed
into it, including NETROM, POP, RIP, RSPF, NNTP, and who knows what else, I
can't really attest to any of it actually working correctly. I have had it on
the air and it succeeded in sending and receiving mail, but the first useful
thing I am going to be doing with it will probably be making it FTP itself to
the WB6NIL switch!
IV. Source code
I plan to post the source code, both the original and with my
modifications, to the ChowdaNet landline BBS, (401)331-0334. The ZIPped
source is about 600K. I do not think it is appropriate to allow something
this large to go out via FTP.
V. Feedback
I would be interested in hearing any reports from users of this NOS, even
on a trial basis. Bug reports and so forth are expected.
-- Mike Bilow, 08 June 91, 1000z
n1bee%n1bee.ampr.org@w1cg.ampr.org (SMTP)
N1BEE @ KA1RCI.RI.USA.NA (AX.25)
mikebw@idsvax.ids.com (Internet)