JB>        Hi Mark, I also asked about the TNC's and I got no
JB> response from him so maybe you'll get a response...I
JB> wouldn't know what type of price range he was looking for
JB> ,cause it is all new to me  I mean "PACKET"...
        Could be something drew him away after he posted the note. That 
happens now and then. You post a FOR-SALE or something, then get called out 
of town or family takes you to 13.3 school functions and two parent 
conferences in the same week... :-)
        Packet is a great deal of fun. I'm using an MFJ-1274, whose ROM was 
apparently upgraded somewhere along the way. I understand the original dind't 
have a Personal Mail System (PMS) built into it, and mine does. Mine behaves 
like the popular TAPR (Tuscon Area Packet Radio, a club and more that 
basically defined packet as a hobby, at www.tapr.org) TNC-2.  In fact, a note 
inside says "Portions of this board taken directly from TAPR artwork."
        HOWEVER, it wasn't until I found out that I SHOULD have a mailbox 
built into it that I even cared about it. Popular packet programs such as 
paKet 6.1 give you a mailbox feature anyway. The advantage of the built-in is 
that it can take messages while the computer is busy or down; the PMS in the 
program can't. A really nice FREE packet program is called TPK.
        If you'd like to discuss packet in more detail, join me in the PACKET 
conference or AMATEUR_RADIO, both of which support its discussion. Or write!
Mark KC7RUB 
KC7RUB@KA7FHA.#SWOR.OR.USA.NOAM
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