I find web forums slow and cumbersome. It's like trying to wade
through treacle.
OK, but using locally installed software, with a simple interface is so De>> much better. Much of the reason I'm using BBS's is that using MultiMail De>> is a pleasure and downloading packets for offline responses which I can De>> do in my own time, using MY OWN EDITOR is great.
Yeah, I like Multimail, and being offline (and therefore isolated from
the network) means no network induced lag. While data throughput is
high nowadays, latency adds up when protocols get chatty, because the
speed of light is finite. :/
On 06-14-20 15:08, Ogg wrote to All <=-
You guys should really try OpenXP.
You guys should really try OpenXP.
Yeah, it's been on my todo list for a while to try. :)
I did look at SemPoint, which was a great concept and worked well - with
the help of WineVDM, on 64 bit windows too, but I found the navigation
wasn't quite as clean as Multimail, Bluewave or SLMR. That's often the
case with GUI apps that assume you want to use the mouse all the time.
They may have keyboard shortcuts, but they often don't "flow" the same.
On 06-15-20 00:06, Ogg wrote to Vk3jed <=-
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Hello Vk3jed!
** On Sunday 14.06.20 - 21:35, vk3jed wrote to Ogg:
You guys should really try OpenXP.
Yeah, it's been on my todo list for a while to try. :)
OXP is keyboard driven. You will like that.
I was excited about SemPoint about a year ago when I revisited it about
20 years later. But the navigation was not what I could fully adjust
to. However, I am using it for Araknet. I still like SemPoint's
database style of storing accumulative packets in to squish message
bases.
Some menu commands in SemPoint could be triggered with <Alt> and then using the designated letter in the menus. But I don't think it can be fully keyboard driven.
The olr that I really miss is Fleetstreet for OS/2. It was brilliant.
It allowed adding REXX scripts to enhance certain operations.
Anxious to hear what you think of OXP. I never imagined I would settle with it, but here I am!
... but been having too much fun with SvxLink (radio services software
that you can use to build repeaters and links with) lately. :D
On 06-16-20 21:23, Ogg wrote to Vk3jed <=-
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Hello Vk3jed!
** On Tuesday 16.06.20 - 06:08, vk3jed wrote to Ogg:
... but been having too much fun with SvxLink (radio services software
that you can use to build repeaters and links with) lately. :D
I watched a couple of yt videos by people who built svxlink + rasp-pi systems. But I don't understand what exactly is this setup is supposed
to *do*.
Is it just some kind of automated voice broadcaster to replace the
human voice input over the radio? In one video the person could be
heard punching something on his handheld radio, and then a robotic
voice announces a callsign. Neither video really explained WHY would anyone need this.
Can you provide a better explanation?
Being connected to the internet, you are basically sending commands to other computers running svxlink and querying them like they were
servers?
My use of SvxLink is twofold:
1. To add multi receiver and voting to an existing repeater/Echolink/IRLP system that runs other software.
2. To use SDR based technology to add input frequencies to the system. SvxLink is capable of driving a cheap RTL-SDR dongle and creating multiple SDRs within the dongle's passband (either 960 kHz or 2.4 MHz, depending on sample rate selected).
heard punching something on his handheld radio, and then a robotic
voice announces a callsign. Neither video really explained WHY would
anyone need this.
Sounds like a poorly explained video. :/
Anyway, hope I've been able to help.
On 06-17-20 22:27, Ogg wrote to Vk3jed <=-
OK.. wrt voting, you are doing this to support other people using
radios while they are on the move?
heard punching something on his handheld radio, and then a robotic
voice announces a callsign. Neither video really explained WHY would
anyone need this.
Sounds like a poorly explained video. :/
Yes.. the first ones that I picked were terrible. They were not for
the 1st timer.
Anyway, hope I've been able to help.
I found a few sites that describe some of the concepts graphically + a good writeup that defines the jargon *before* they go full speed ahead with it.
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