Hey Greg!

GG> I heard a while back that Atari users can be found at
> ham radio fests. was curious what people found useful
> for the Atari line of computers in reguards to ham
> radios.

I can't say for sure, but I recently read somewhere of
a software TNC for the ST. Come to think of it, the Falcon with it's DSP would
probably be almost ideal for radio work
- assuming you could find (or write ;o) appropriate
software for it.

I suppose other advantages would be that they're fairly
inexpensive (I would expect to pick up a 520STFM for about UKP25 at a car boot sale), and virtually silent in operation (especially if you use a RAMdrive). Then of course there's that wonderful high-res mono monitor! <grin>

I'm not sure how effective the screening is on an ST,
but I think it was foiled top and bottom. I never did quite succeed in mounting one in a 19" rack-mount case, although the temptation was certainly there. I seem to remember that CLab's Falcon was rack-mountable though, so the
mainboard is probably smaller than that of the ST. Do you know if CLab are still around?

Regards,
- Andy.


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