AF MARS CAST 06-12 CLARIFICATION AFMARS CAST 06-10
DE AGA3C NR 12
R 301500Z AUG 2006
FM: AGA3C, IL
TO: ALL USAF MARS MEMBERS AND STATIONS
ZEN: ARMY MARS CHIEF
NAVY-MARINE CORP MARS CHIEF
BT
SUBJECT CLARIFICATION AFMARS CAST 06-10
I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY AFMARS CAST 06-10. BECAUSE ARMY MARS IS USING WINLINK
2000 AND THE NAVY WILL BE USING ALE FOR THEIR AA4RE BBS REPLACEMENT, AF MARS
WILL BE USING BOTH SYSTEMS. FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO USE WINLINK 2000,
THEY MAY DO SO. FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO USE ALE, THEY MAY DO SO.
THIS WILL PERMIT ANY STATION TO OPERATE IN ANY CAPACITY THEY CAN, BUT YET
RECEIVE TRAFFIC DESTINED FOR THEIR AREA ON A TIMELY BASIS.
FOR THE WINLINK 2000 USERS, YOU CAN EITHER BE A CLIENT OR A PMBO. A CLIENT
CAN DOWN LOAD AIRMAIL FOR FREE AND UTILIZE ANY TNC THAT HAS AT LEAST PACTOR
I. AS A CLIENT, YOU CHECK INTO OTHER PMBOS TO GET YOUR MESSAGES. A PMBO OPERATES
A STATION SIMILAR IN FASHION TO A SYSOP. AS A PMBO, YOU HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENT
THAT YOU MUST MEET. AFN3AT IS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR FUTURE WINLINK 2000
USERS.
FOR ALE USERS, THE BBS SOFTWARE FOR ALE IS BEING DEVELOPED. WE ARE HOPING
THAT SOME FORM OF TOOL WILL BE DEVELOPED SO INDIVIDUALS CAN SEND MESSAGES
FROM ONE SYSTEM AND WILL BE DELIVERED TO ANOTHER SYSTEM. AFN3AL IS PROVIDING
ASSISTANCE FOR FUTURE MARS-ALE USERS.
AS MENTIONED IN AFN3AT'S MESSAGE, MSYS AND WINLINK CLASSIS WILL CONTINUE
TO OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE HURRICANE SEASON. DURING THIS TIME IT IS SUGGESTED
EVERYONE TRANSITION STARTS TO TRANSITIONING TO EITHER WINLINK 2000 OR ALE.
