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!WELCOME.TXT
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WELCOME TO NOSVIEW RELEASE [304]
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by Ian Wade
G3NRW

NOSview [304] is now available.

NOSview, first introduced in September 1991, is an on-line
documentation and runtime package for the KA9Q Network Operating
System (NOS).  It contains:

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***  probably the only complete reference work anywhere that
     describes all of the commands to be found in the major NOS
     releases.

***  a TSR file viewer that lets you read the NOSview
     documentation on-line, without breaking out of NOS.

***  NOSgas: the "NOS Get-Away Special"  --  a complete set of
     working NOS runtime software.

***  a complete set of templates for the NOS control files.

***  full details on how to get the book "NOSintro", which
     describes in detail how TCP/IP works and how to use KA9Q
     NOS.  Ideal for beginners to TCP/IP (and more advanced users
     will find many gems of helpful information there as well).

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NOSview [304] contains many new documentation files, and the
template NOS control files match the listings in "NOSintro".  The
PA0GRI version 2.0m of NOS is also included.

Extras include ....

    UUENCODE/UUDECODE file conversion utilities
    AX.25 Baycom Packet Driver
    KISS protocol documentation
    HOSTS <> DOMAIN conversion programs
    PCElm and ELM Mailers
    The Clockwork VIEW TSR file viewer

To install the package, extract the file !!README.1ST from the
NOSview distribution file (NOSVW304.ZIP), then follow the
instructions in !!README.1ST.

i.e.

   C:\>  PKUNZIP a:\NOSVW304.ZIP !!README.1ST
   C:\>  TYPE !!README.1ST   (or PRINT !!README.1ST)


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How to get NOSview
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By now, NOSview should be available on the major bulletin boards
throughout the world, and also via Internet on "ucsd.edu" in
directory "hamradio/packet/tcpip/docs".

Look for two files:

  NOSVIEW.ZIP  (which just contains the file you are reading now)
  NOSVW304.ZIP (which contains the complete NOSview package)

As NOSVW304.ZIP is quite large (around 700 KB), you may prefer
instead to get your copy by mailing a DOS-formatted diskette (any
size EXCEPT 360 KB) and return mailer to:

     Ian Wade, G3NRW
     7 Daubeney Close
     Harlington
     DUNSTABLE
     Bedfordshire
     LU5 6NF
     United Kingdom

Please enclose return postage as follows:

     United Kingdom:               UK postage stamps
     Rest of Europe:               3 IRCs
     The Americas, Africa:         7 IRCs
     Rest of the World:            9 IRCs

(Any unused IRCs will of course be returned).

There is no charge for NOSview, so please do NOT enclose any form
of payment.


73 de Ian Wade, G3NRW

AMPRnet    g3nrw.ampr.org [44.131.5.2]
AX.25      G3NRW @ GB7BIL
Internet   g3nrw @ dircon.co.uk

January 1993
