Date: 04 Jun 88 19:09 GMT
Message-ID: <8253@SK0TM>
From: DK4EG@SK0TM
To: ALL@GNET
Subject: TheNet, statusreport
Path:       PI8HWB!SK0TM


                    NORD><LINK
   The northern Germany packet-radio development group
This is intended as an interim status report of TheNet.

The number of requests for TheNet increased dramaticaly in the last few
weeks. TheNet was shied into 16 different countries ( status friday
27th May ) worldwide and further requests arrive here every day.

So the authors of TheNet DF2AU and DC4OX like to thank all OMs
for their interest who requested for TheNet, sent hints etc.

They started distribution of the C-sourcecode about 2 weeks ago.

Thanks again to those OMs who sent a bugreport. There was a small
bug in the distributed hexdump version rel# 1.0 which you usualy won't
see. Anyway, it's repaired and not longer contained in the source.
Therefor the source has got the rel# 1.01.

So if you requested for TheNet and havn't got it yet please keep in
patience, it's nearly a fulltime job to make copies of the source,
burn EPROMs and prepare all the packages. All OMs who sent enough
IRCs to cover the expense of postage and floppies will be serviced in
one of the next days. Or just let your friend make a copy for you.
Remember, it's free for noncommercial use.

The actual activities here are to port TheNet-source to a multi-
processor nodecontroler of the Frankfurt packet group. This nodecontroler
( with up to 16 identical processor boards ) utilizes 6809s with 8530s
on an Euroboard which communicate to each other via an IEC-bus like
parallel-bus in a token-bus access-methode. This ensures maximum
xferspeed between the processors without the danger of lost bytes.
Can anyone out in netland name us a C-compiler running on
IBM-PC (clones) or ATARI STs which produces 6809-code and is not too
expensive? Any hints are appreciated.

If you have further questions, bug reports, or any other comments, feel
free to contact

NORD><LINK
c/o Hans Georg Giese DF2AU
Hinter dem Berge 5
3300 Braunschweig
FRG

or DK4EG

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