Hello All - I am experimenting with Winlink 2.9/3.0 and have read various references to "Netlink" or "Pactel" modules or SW that I believe allow some basic...
Winlink 3.0 was made for the early 16 bit operating systems and is no longer supported. My advice is to go to the Winlink.org/client.htm page and download...
k4cjx
k4cjx@...
Apr 1, 2005 3:24 pm
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Steve, Netlink was an add-on module for Winlink. The Winlink system back then had it's own mail server. This has all since disappeared, so that's why you ...
Is there a quick way to "empty the trash" in Airmail? I have a TON of messages just sitting in the trash can that I've had to manually delete (again) from the...
Eric, The quickest way to empty the trash is to close Airmail and delete the Airmail/Trash folder with Win-explorer, then restart Airmail. You are right about...
Highlight the first one, then move the cursor to the last one, then press shift key to highlight all of them and hit the delete key. 73 de K5GP, Gene...
... Jim Did you ever get my email about contacting Linda at PacComm to get the driver info you need to be able to use the tnc-2 clone tnc's with Airmail? It...
I'm using a Compaq Armada E500 laptop and would like to have the GPS signal input automaticaly for the position report. I've made the "Y" cable as per the...
hi there, ... to my knowledge the connection is not to the PC but to the Ptc-2. You don't need another comport, if you connect the GPS to the Y-cable. The...
hi again, ... I have to correct myself - the command is not location but position! GPS POSITION REPORT ... Latitude: Longitude: Velocity: Course: Recorded at: ...
Yes, they work perfectly. Look on CDW for Edgeport, StarTech, or KeySpan. Cheap and easy. I would use separate ports for the GPS. Also, there is a Windows line...
k4cjx
k4cjx@...
Apr 11, 2005 2:26 pm
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hi Steve, ... as said before, with a Y-cable it is not necessary to use a separate Com-port in the Laptop (it is possible, but I see no advantage unless ...
The GPS input y-cable does not give you another "COM" port on the laptop. It simply allows Airmail to read the GPS through the PTC's auxiliary serial input...
Shea, thanks,and I agree. Do you know the Boot command that keeps the GPS from looking like a mouse? Jim gave that to me several years ago, and now it is just...
k4cjx
k4cjx@...
Apr 11, 2005 3:36 pm
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Steve, I don't have the BOOT command handy, but I never could get it to work. I usually just disable the "Microsoft Serial Ballpoint Mouse" in the Windows ...
... laptop. I have ... way to ... adaptor? ... the pactor modem on com 1 and it wants another com port for the GPS which it thinks is com 3 but that is not an...
Sorry my eye sight is failing. I got pins 1 & 5 reversed on the GPS connector. Also the diagram is incorrect. The GPS requires a male connector not a female...
... Y-cable. The ... and stores ... for the "Y" cable was wrong for my Garmin 76 so I replaced the female sub-D with a male sub-D pin for pin but I didn't...
hi Donald, ... what is the "autohelm" ? I don't think there is a coding for wind in the NMEA dataset.... about the Y-cable: I have the original cable from SCS...
... autohelm is what steers the boat. It uses NMEA signals to get speed through the water depth apperant wind speed and direction as well as the GPS signal and...
hi Donald, ... In the diagram I have here (ptc-2pro version 3.3 PDF) on page 227 the DB-9 plugs are "neutral", it is not visible if the plug is male or female....
I found a source for the Keyspan UPS to serial adaptors in Canada. www,tigerdirect.ca Getting anything shipped up from the US since 9/11 has become an...
Is it so difficult to get an USB to serial interface? Last year I bought here in Rotterdam a Kobishi USB to serial convertor for 20 euros , it worked without...
C van Hilten
chilten@...
Apr 14, 2005 3:23 pm
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I'm selling my 41 ft Morgan and selling the Radio separatly that I used for AirMail , Phone and PSK 31.... If Iterested contact me off list....
Hi all, I was looking over messages on another group on yahoo when I ran across a new mode in development. Looks like sound card email messaging on HF just...
Hi all, just a quick note to welcome Alan Isaachsen as a new moderator to our group. Alan has some interesting ideas for adding a FAQ and working of the...
Hi all, anybody have some good picture suggestions for adding some color and interest to the Yahoo page for this group? Maybe a screen shot of Airmail or maybe...
Somewhat off topic: One of my long time users jumped ship and took laptop and PTC-II along. To her dismay she found the available transceiver to be an...
Hi Steve, 'Netlink' was the Winlink Classic email interface indeed. As WL2K is an 'all-in-one' system, Netlink was abolished. 'Pactel' I do not recall. There...
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