-Last modified: Wed Dec 23 16:59:32 GMT 1998
+Last modified: Mon Dec 29 20:45:18 GMT 2003
Introduction
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href="http://www.perl.com">perl 5.004 running under Linux as an exercise in
self-training for both protocol research and teaching myself perl.
+ href="http://www.perl.com">perl. It also runs perfectly
+ happily under Microsoft Windows from Win98 upwards using either
+ Activestate perl or one
+ of the unix subsystem/environments for windows such as
+ Cygwin.
What is a DX Cluster?
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other, in realtime, about DX stations (other interesting or rare
Amateur Radio stations all over the world).
-
To quote what is probably the most comprenhsive source of DX Cluster related
+
To quote what is probably the most comprehensive source of DX Cluster related
information, the DX PacketCluster WebNet,
a Cluster is:-
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The original package runs under DOS and was created by Dick Newell AK1A
but is no longer under active development. Most replacements also run under
DOS and/or are closed source. I wanted something in open source (so I don't
- have to do all the work) and for Linux.
+ have to do all the work) and for Linux. A side benefit of writing
+ the program in perl is that it works perfectly well on other versions of
+ unix as well as all flavours of Windows from Win98 upwards.
This document will contain all the instructions for its
installation and use - eventually...