JNOS Wiki

This site is a (released prototype) document of experience for JNOS software. JNOS is varient of NOS originated more than a quarter century ago to further amateur radio use of digital communication modes. Four top level topics are addressed in the following topic pages:

What is this wiki about? The basic premise of this site is to present all aspects of jnos utilization to any interested party. The typical environment is many hams (amateur radio hobbyist) SiteUsers utilize the features of jnos that are provided by one ham SysopUser installed for use by himself (herself) plus his/her neighbor hams. Further(!) if you, as a jnos user or developer, discover a shortcoming on this site then you are empowered to change site content into something you believe to be better.

There are no restrictions for use of this site and all are welcome to explore the full content -- If you go away wanting for further information, consider posting your need on jnos reflector. There are minimal requirements for contributors -- Sign on with real-world registration info and proceed. In the spirit of open source projects, contributors are found in the bibliography for this site. There are normal qualifications for wiki administrator privileges -- Presently there is one admin looking for at least two more who have experience.

INTRODUCTION

This site addresses JNOS in a comprehensive manner. This author considers it appropriate to document the jnos application in one searchable work that permits the owner to obtain, compile, configure, and use jnos. To that end, many documents are sought, collected, inserted (sometimes rearranged), and validated, to permit a (hopefully)straight forward approach to the task of facility management. (authors aside: material is moved into this wiki 2/19/07 from a word processor document. Much of the organization did not translate well at that time - so there is much "prettying" and "linking" to do at the moment. At this moment the "site user" and "sysop command" material is close to done and may be seen for style and content. Please don't be disheartened by the incomplete nature...) Special attention is given to the prerequisites for functionality. When this document is intended for a web enabled environment, cross reference material is made available thru anchors to remote web sites and to example files. This work may also be rendered into other forms by using presentation utilities. 

This site is a WIKI.  The principal motivation for this choice is to encourage developers, installers, and users, to keep jnos descriptive material up-to-date.  PLEASE consider this an invitation to modify the site material in keeping with your personal experience with jnos, this is one way to assist your fellow ham.  Questions, remarks and suggestions about this document are welcome and should be sent to the author via email.

This document is based on a UNIX (Linux) platform, other suitable platforms are supported by showing the varience. Also, this document addresses the commands available in the fully configured version of software even though some may not be available by administrator choice. Some variances in material are noted as >deprecated< or >superseded< if the feature is removed in the latest version as a means to support older releases.

The original material for this site comes from a partially complete rework of the jnos document that is first in the bibliography. At the time of conversion from a single document prepared by document editor into a many-page wiki, the change was deemed appropriate to the objectives of the project. The original document is widely available in ascii text form, the unfinished document is prepared using Open Office V2, and anyone who desires to complete the project is welcome to the file in as-is condition. 

This document is prepared and distributed under the GPL.  Conforming to GPL, this work may be modified and redistributed so long as the credits and bibliography remains in tact.  One objective of the abandon project was to widely distribute the document in PDF form for the purpose of defining the status of jnos at the time of rendering (not to be modified by the reader), then as jnos changed modify the document in step with the modification and distribute it again in .pdf...

For those who seriously want paper or a computer resident image, jdoc2.0.0.4.pdf may be downloaded from this site. There are two good reasons to NOT download the .pdf file - the work is not complete and the file is large (the Internet portal here is slow). You are warned...?

TERMINOLOGY USED IN THIS WIKI

As with any activity, certain vocabulary is used and may be ambiguous to those engaged in other endeavors. The networking - amateur radio - packet radio - jnos user may use the JnosTerm page to clarify meaning of selected terms.

PRACTICES USED IN THIS WIKI

Throughout this document ...> command parameter [bolded] or 

...> command parameter

[formatted] is used to signify user entry text or full syntax as displayed on screen. The "...>" prefix denotes jnos prompt seen on the terminal display, but the prefix is absent when the same command is used in a script file. The "command" deontes the instruction, and "parameter" denote the syntax of user supplied data.

Throughout this document [tbd] signifies "to be determined" later. it is perhaps an OOPS [issue] discovered by the authors but not resolved prior to the moment. The author(s) original hope was that you don't find any. At this writing there are almost 100 instances of [tbd] on the wiki - removing them remains a formitable job. Please be patient? {on the other hand - if you know the answer...}

Please note that example text may now be placed at the beginning of a formatted line unlike earlier ascii manuals. ASCII format text was indented simply so that gateways which handle this material do not complain about seeing a line beginning with command text. It is recommended that users who return this work into ASCII format at a later date use caution.

Wiki Features

Other interesting starting points for exploration.

How to use this site

A Wiki is a collaborative site, this site exists for jnos users. Anyone can contribute and share, we hope you will add your thoughts:

To learn more about what a WikiWikiWeb is, read about WhyWikiWorks and the WikiNature. Also, consult the HelpMiscellaneous/FrequentlyAskedQuestions page.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The bib is presented in three sections. The first section includes contributors of material on this site. The second section includes the published works of authors that are copied to this wiki by contributors. Sometimes works are modified in format to fit the style of this site and content is always open to modification as conditions change. The third section lists other sources that may be of interest to the reader, and the material of the referance is only found external to this site.

The aministrators of this wiki ask that WIKI Attachments not be added to the bibliography, the origin of attachments is appropriately noted within the attachment itself and in a descriptive text in the wiki page.

This section identifies contributors to this wiki. To those who added material to this site and do not find your name here, PLEASE consider adding to this list too -- we would like to know you.

DOCUMENTS COMPILED HEREIN

JnosWikiBib lists works compiled into this site – either in total or with a major portion extracted. The original works may be somewhat modified to fit the wiki structure. (NOTE: potentially the author may have updated the work subsequently to the moment of inclusion herein) After inclusion, and with individual experience, this site has the potential to offer a broad spectrum of both documented software and personal application experience of contributors.

DOCUMENTS REFERENCED

JnosWikiRef lists works worthy of consideration in deeper research of NOS technology. This is not exhaustive; there are many other interesting articles, but these are the ones most relevant to NOS and TCP/IP. When no link (or a broken link) is given, the use of a search tool [eg: google] can often locate the document.

LINKS to OTHER SITES

Expanding the vision outward to look for what to do after jnos is installed and operating? Try Amateur Packet Radio, net 44... or Amateur Packet Radio Gateways for starters. Feel free to expand this subject.

References follow from the original work with word processor. Please expect these to be absorbed into the wiki in another form as it matures. 

JNOS is available via the Internet from various sites.  This directory will contain the latest source zipfiles, executables for evaluation under MSDOS, as well as documentation files.  The file README.1ST will describe the files found in the JNOS directory.  The docs111.zip file is an archive containing useful JNOS information, such as:
HELP.ZIP- Mailbox-user command help files, normall extracted into /spool/help.
README.NOW- History of changes in each JNOS release plus information on compiling JNOS, and memory configuration.
MBOXCMDS.TXT - A quick summary of JNOS  mailbox comands.
CONFIG.ZIP-  Sample configurations volunteered by users.
JDOC_ASC.ZIP-  JNOS 1.11 manual in (raw) ASCII format.
JDOCW6.ZIP-  JNOS 1.11 manual in Microsoft Word 6.0 format.
README.1ST-  (This appendix as a stand-alone file).
MAILBOX.DOC-  Info on BBS forwarding and related config files. This information is contained in Appendix C.
ENV_VAR.DOC-  Info on DOS environment variables used by JNOS.  This information is also contained in the JNOS 1.11 manuals.
CMDSHLPx.ZIP-  Online console command help, normally extracted into /help.

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