Information about archive dptnt_221096.tgz ------------------------------------------ Berlin, 22.10.96 1. What is dptnt? dptnt is a packet radio AX25 package running under LINUX with no special requirements to kernel or setup. It is NOT another tcp/ip package. The archive contains the programs: TNT : A hostmode terminal program for packet radio DPBOX : A full featured BBS, multi user, multi protocol, multi language TFKISS : A TNC-Firmware-Emulator with a KISS and AX/IP interface BOXSTART : A 'watchdog' and program starter DPBOXT : A standalone console for BBS operator (DPBOXTerminal) In addition, HDPARM is included, because of receiver overruns on the serial line with the actual LINUX-kernels. More details can be found in the README of TNT. Out of these programs you can create a configuration which fits to your needs. You can set up a personal mail system, a powerful packet radio terminal for your own needs or a full featured public bbs. 2. Some features terminal part: - Virtual screens for every connection - connect scripts - shell, run and socket interfaces - AutoBIN protocol for file transfer - forcing bbs to start forward if own call found in a mail beacon (to gather your own private mails) - NEW: wampes compatible program interface. Attaching converses, clusters etc. bbs part: - F6FBB-, W0RLI-, TheBox- style forward protocols implemented - 8-bit transparency of messages using AutoBIN protocol (no 7plus needed) - BBS-data online compressed to save space on disk, forward and download - BBS can be filled by monitoring the frequency (useful for private usage) - PACSAT style bulletin broadcast transmitter and receiver - up to 200 simultaneous users - NEW: file server area, combined with auto-7plus-extractor - NEW: unproto message list broadcast - NEW: file request mode in compressed s&f as used by TPK, TSTHOST and others - NEW: shell login - NEW: external commands run in separate tasks - NEW: MD2 password authentication - NEW: YAPP/YAPPC supported both: - fast, reliable, economic. Left beta state more than a year ago. 3. Connectivity With the current package, you are free to connect an unlimited number of the following devices to the system: - TNC2 / TNC3 in wa8ded-hostmode - any KISS device, this includes: - almost every TNC of any vendor - rmnc digipeaters - PC/Flexnet digipeaters - wampes tcp systems (SMACK KISS) - any redirectable KISS port on your Unix machine - AX/IP to connect via any IP connection 4. Status The development is ongoing, the archive is a snapshot of the current status. The documentation is complete. With this release we want to give an easy access for everybody being interested in the software. TNT and DPBOX is currently running in 20 BBSs of the german/austrian BBS network, and we received a lot of requests for a general release. TNT, DPBOX and DPBOXT are under the GNU public license, TFKISS under ALAS, which is a german license for HAM RADIO software. The source is included. 5. Archive files boxstart.tgz : boxstart binary, source and documentation dpbox503.tgz : dpbox binary, source, configuration and documentation dpboxtbin02b.tgz : dpboxt binary dpboxtsrc02b.tgz : dpboxt source hdparm.tgz : hdparm binary, source and documentation patch50301.tgz : fixing one bug in dpbox503 source. Apply it! tfkiss_961020.tgz : tfkiss source, configuration and documentation tfkissbin_961020.tgz : tfkiss binary tntbin09s.tgz : tnt binary tntsrc09s.tgz : tnt source, documentation and configuration 6. Contact Author of dpbox: Joachim Schurig, DL8HBS DL8HBS @ DB0GR.#BLN.DEU.EU (h0187akk@rz.hu-berlin.de) will change! Author of tnt, dpboxt, tfkiss and boxstart and Co-Author/porting of dpbox: Mark Wahl, DL4YBG DL4YBG @ DB0GR.#BLN.DEU.EU wahlm@berlin.snafu.de 7. Availability The dptnt_221096.tgz archive currently is available on the following ftp servers: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/unix/packet/dptnt/ In the given directory you find the files dptnt_221096.tgz and dptnt_221096.txt (this text). These are the developers home pages. Newest versions are available here and documentation can be read online. http://www.snafu.de/~wahlm/ (homepage dl4ybg) (http://hppool0.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0187akk/) (homepage dl8hbs, will change) 73, Mark, DL4YBG, Joachim, DL8HBS