> I tend to be nostalgic as well and shun things like HamIM
> and such.
HamIM has it's roots in one of the most nostalgic times in Amateur Radio: 1980's simplex AX.25 operations. In fact, HamIM is the epitome of simplex, non-assisted, all-Amateur communication.
HamIM is APRS w/o digipeating or Internet.
Ev, W2EV