Bulletins from the Pacific Packet Radio Society - page 133

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BILL:

HERE ARE A FEW THINGS YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING THAT I GOT FROM SKIP YMH'S BBS.

MSG # 7, 11/16/81 FROM SCOTT W3VS

TO ALL 'HAMNET'

FOR ANY OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUSERVE, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU CHECKOUT OUR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP 'HAMNETI. WE ARE JUST GETTING ROLLING AND ARE SETTING UP SECTIONS FOR PACKET RADIO, AMSAT,ARRL, ETC. TO GET TO US, SELECT THE PERSONAL COMPUTING AREA (MICRONET) FROM THE MAIN MENU. THEN SELECT SIGS. WE ARE LISTED AS A GENERAL INTEREST SIG. HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US. WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP GET THE PACKET RADIO BALL ROLLING BY HELPING TO SERVE AS A CENTRAL CLEARING HOUSE OF INFO. LET US HELP SAVE US ALL SOME LONG DISTANCE CHARGES! - SCOTT W3VS HAMNET SYSOP

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TO all groups

FROM Den KD2S

I'd like to thank very much all the packet groups who have helped both directly and indirectly with our latest efforts at bringing out the next generation of stand-alone terminal node controllers here in the U.S.

Though the efforts of a lot of different TAPR sites as well as Tucson, I'm proud to announce the official start of Beta testy with 1 9 sites and 1 80 TNC boards involved. We will be happy to keep all groups updated with our activities, and I'll keep project updates on PRNET.

Our boards should be delivered, fully assembled and tested, with 24K EPROM and 6K ROM on-board, and with all connectors, etc., before the year is out. The first protocol will look remarkably like the new AMSAT/AMICON protocol, and I hope to hear from all the other sites on PRNET next year on phase IIIB.

I'll send a release on the next stage for beta coordinators, as well as a breakdown on individual sites in a message tomorrow.

73, Den KD2S

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