EzPacket Features:

1. Video options include EGA 43 line mode, VGA 50 line mode, current video mode (which allows any non-standard text mode that the user's video card supports), and standard 25 line mode.

2. On-line help for all functions.

3. On-line viewing and changing the configuration.

4. Screen freeze.

5. Up to four (4) simultaneous connections (with separate sessions) in individual windows.

6. Full-screen "zoom" capability to enlarge session windows.

7. Paging forwards and backwards within each window.

8. Window snapshot (writing the current, viewable screen contents or the entire scroll-back buffer to a file).

9. Optional continuous logging of screen output to a file for later viewing or printing.

10. Beaconing (sending station ID w/ short message manually and/or at pre-defined intervals).

11. Upload and Download of ASCII files.

12. Local Mailbox.

13. Separate display of stations and nodes recently heard along with the times they were heard (and the paths to them if in 43+ line mode) with real-time updating.

14. Automatic connection to stations heard by entering a letter for a station in the "heard" list.

15. Ability to clear the stations heard and nodes heard lists.

16. Display of I/O statistics (CRC errors, framing errors, etc.) with real-time updating.

17. Single keystroke for transmitting a "datagram" (un-numbered) message, both when connected and disconnected.

18. Notification to user if someone attempts to connect while the session is already connected to another station.

19. Allow display of data in both ASCII text and raw packets (hexadecimal) forms.

20. Unique colors for different types of data being displayed.

21. Non-connected session windows can be used to view all miscellaneous traffic while other sessions are connected to stations.

22. Eight (8) user definable function keys (each can "type" up to 76 characters).

23. Shell to DOS prompt (new input will be lost, but current state will be retained).

24. Optional automatic logging of all connections made (only stations, paths to them, and the time of connection will be logged, not the data that was transmitted).

25. Others may repeat through the station to other stations (digipeat).

26. Unattended operations mode. This allows anyone connecting to the station to:

a. List directories.
b. Read ASCII files that are on disk.
c. Get the current time & date.
d. Disconnect.
e. Get a list of last 18 stations heard with their time and their path used.
f. Get a list of last 18 nodes heard with their time and their path used.

All but the disconnect (bye) command may be disabled, and the disk drives that the remote station has access to can be restricted, both via the on-line configuration.


27. Callsign "include" and "exclude" lists to filter data when monitoring.

28. Optional clearing windows of all scroll-back data (like a DOS CLS per window).

29. Optional filtering of specific packet types when monitoring.

30. It's FREE!

The most commonly asked question is: "How do I get EzPacket to work with a Baycom modem?"

I have no first-hand experience with a Baycom modem, so all I can respond to this question with is that I have been told by several people that they have been successful in getting EzPacket to work with a Baycom modem.  In case you have this same question, EZPKTCFG.GIF is an excerpt from the EzPacket User's Manual.  I cannot guarantee anything, but hopefully this will help you.

Download EzPacket v2.3.0 now (73,698 bytes, created March 2, 1997).

Yea, so it only runs at 300/1200bps and works with Baycom & PMP modems, but it works great, it's intuitive, and it's free, so quit your #$@&*% complaining! (-: kidding :-)

Download EzPacket's User's Manual in PDF format now (593,679 bytes).

I used to charge $5.00 for this, but it's just not worth my effort anymore to print and mail copies, so here it is for you to print.  You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) to view and/or print the manual.

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